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isomorphismes
Asked: 2011-08-18 15:11:21 +0800 CST

How do I run a graphical application in a virtual console besides <Alt+F7>?

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I want to run R in a virtual console and RCommander in a separate virtual console. Or maybe I want to run a game in a virtual console and shut off the desktop. Or maybe I want to pipe an ssh -x terminal to a virtual console.

How can I tell Virtual Console 3 to open a graphical virtual console in Virtual Console 9?

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  1. Best Answer

    The "graphical virtual console" you want is an X server instance. You can start a new one as root with

    $ X :1
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  2. Create a client startup script, for example call it ~/myxinitrc:

    #!/bin/sh
metacity &
xterm

    (I avoid to call it ~/.xinitrc to not interfere with other operations).

    Then, assuming you already have a server running on :0 and corresponding to vt7, this is how you can start a server on :1 and vt8. Go to vt1 and execute:

    XINITRC=~/myxinitrc xinit -- :1 vt8

    from the xterm you get, you can start other applications of your preference.

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