Jan Stary wrote:

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> On Nov 20 10:26:22, Alexander Hall wrote:

>> I'm just curious how come it its possible to start (and run) cwm at the

>> same time as running fvwm (from base).

>

> How exactly does that happen on your box?

Well, using fvwm as window manager, I simply run cwm from a shell. I did

not expect it to run, but it does.
Strange things happen though, as one might expect. After killing cwm

(ctrl+c), I need to restart fvwm to restore the window placement etc.
>> AFAIK a window manager normally

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>> cannot (or refuses to) run if another window manager is already in use.

>> Is this only a courtsey from the second window manager? I thought there

>> were limitations in X that forced this behaviour.

>

> A window manager needs its own $DISPLAY,

> but that's IMHO the only limitation.

>

> tty00$ startx

> tty01$ startx -- :1

Well, these seems to run quite well on a single one. :-) Can anyone

confirm this?
/Alexander