deloptes composed on 2016-11-30 07:30 (UTC+0100): > Felix Miata wrote: >> xserver > In your example I don't see how you are passing the display number to > xserver command I've not been, and adding it doesn't change anything. I'm not trying to start a server. I'm trying to alter the already running server from within the running server. The commands are all run on screen :0 in the instant case. Why does the first instance work as expected (as it has since it was KDE3 and probably KDE2 before) without specifying a screen? > All of the X servers accept the command line options described > below. Some X servers may have alternative ways of providing the > parameters > described here, but the values provided via the command line options > should override values specified via other mechanisms. > > :displaynumber > The X server runs as the given displaynumber, which by > default is 0. If multiple X servers are to run simultaneously on a host, > each > must have a unique display number. See the DISPLAY NAMES > section of the X(7) manual page to learn how to specify which display > number > clients should try to use. # man X(7) bash: syntax error near unexpected token '('. # man X no manual entry for X # tdecmshell --help-all only shows a displayname option, no displaynumber # tdecmshell --help-all Usage: kcmshell [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] module... Says nothing about server options. What is shown in http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/dpi108vs133.jpg is all from a single running instance of starttde, not some cut and paste hocus pocus. ??? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/