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From: dsill@ark1.nswc.navy.mil (Dave Sill)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: GraphOn OptiMax 200 X terminal questions and answers
Keywords: X11, X terminals, high speed modems
Message-ID: <293@ark1.nswc.navy.mil>
Date: 13 Nov 89 16:17:13 GMT
References: <38226@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> <38146@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> <12382@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
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In article <38226@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>, casey@gauss.llnl.gov (Casey
Leedom) writes:
>   And it makes more sense to start at one and work your way up.

But then how do you know what display number Joe Blow is using?  With
the current UID scheme, I know Joe's UID, and which machine his
pseudo-server's running on, e.g., UID=200, machine=foo, so
display=foo:200.

>   Finally, if you have a standard login account for use by multiple
> logins, you'd get an immediate display number collision.

Then you just revert to finding the next unused display number.

Dave Sill (dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil)