> >Hm, usually, I switch to the next available VC and start a second X
> >session with 8bpp (only for running xquake :) ).
>
> How do you do this? I've always thought it should be possible, but
> whenever I've tried, I've got errors saying that there is already
> and X server running. Any ideas (this is XFree86 on Intel, BTW). I
> haven't yet tried it on Sparc -- not enough time at work :-(
You have to specify the display number.
$ startx -- :1
will start a new X session on display :1.0
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