Howto use Xnest

[Longman, Bill]

> > But why do I have to become root? Why can't I just start 
> Xnest from my
> > running session? That's the problem. It's easy to hammer 
> and chisel it
> > using root....
> >
> > > (2) startx  --  /usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest  :1
> 
> As non-root,
> 
> Xnest :1 &
> xterm -display :1
> 
> worked for me.

What does

  xhost :1

tell you?