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http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X#Virtual_X_session

=Virtual X session=
To start another X session in, for example, CTRL + ALT + F8, you need to type this on a console:

  xinit /path/to/wm -- :1

Change "/path/to/wm" to your window manager start file or to your login manager like gdm, kdm, or slim.


http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X#Nested_X_session

=Nested session=
(of another desktop environment:)

 $ /usr/bin/Xnest :1 -geometry 1280x768+0+0 -ac -name name of session & wmaker -display :1

This will launch another session in a 1024 by 768 window within your current X session.

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