well your last opetion didn't work. however I can get it to work manually. if i leave .xinitrc as ... exec /usr/bin/openbox ... then only one works. however I open a terminal and `DISPLAY=:0.1" /usr/bin/openbox"` to get the other one to pop up. I guess I just need to figure out how to set environment variables in .xinitrc. anyone know? i can't see anthing in the mans i was looking at _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86