Config the [ctrl]-[alt]-[F..] being console, X, log ...

what i know:
in /etc/inittab you can set with
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/6 linux
to have consoles at [F1] to [F6]
and when you start the X11 it will be at [F7]
what i wondered how to setup: (well maybe it's a little bit crazy to start more than one X, but i want to know if it is possible or not --- it should be possible)
1-> if i try to start another X, it cannot connect to :0.0 what is logical, because the first X is running there --- now, how (and where) can you config the behaviour of X11-servers that the second automatically runs on :0.1 (=usually [F8]) and the third on :0.2 (=usually [F9]) ?
// i know that this is possible on a UNIX ... should be possible also here, right?
2-> i want to have the system-log on [F12] ... how do i set this?
like the consoles in the /etc/inittab ?
thanx for sharing your knowledge with me :-)

You don't need to configure anything else :-) just start the second X with
startx -- :1
and it will be display :1
Note that display :0.1 would be a second graphic card with a second monitor IIRC
I once wrote a shell script that would let me start a number of X's automatically by looking through /tmp/.X11-unix/ to see which ones are available. They will be accessible by Alt-F8 and higher. I'm not sure you can force a certain virtual console, though.
There is one caveat, though. Only the first X you start (be it on display :0 or :1 or wherever) will have DRI, i.e. 3D acceleration.

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