[Gllug] Multiple X servers

[Ian Norton]

an idea a friend of mine had back when his 1Ghz pc was really new was to 
have two displays, two keyboards and two mice, and run two x sessions at 
the same time for two different users.

one way with this is to have two XF86Config files, each setup for each 
set of vga and inputs, you can run gdm/xdm i think and tell it which 
XF86Config file to use,

bredroll

Pankaj Mathur wrote:

>hi,
>this is what I do on my machine (RH 7.3) :
>
>If one session of "X" is already running then 
>
>1) press CTRL + ALT + F2 - this will give you a shell prompt.
>2) Login as another user on this prompt 
>3) after successful login type " startx -- :1" and "X" will fire up for second
>user.
>
>To go back for first "X" session press "CTRL + ALT + F6" and to go from first
>"X" session to second "X" session press "CTRL + ALT + F7".
>
>In short 
>F1 - F6 are six virtual consoles (by default)
>and F7 - F12 are six virtual consoles for "X"
>
>thus "X" that you start from F1 is loaded on F6 and so on
>
>to start "X" from F1 (on F6) type : startx 
>
>to start "X" from F2 (on F7) type : startx -- :1
>
>to start "X" from F3 (on F8) type : startx -- :2 and so on....
>
>read "man startx" and it will make more sense ;-)
>
>I am not sure if it is possible to have more than six sessions simultaneously
>and of  course there are smarter ways besides what I just mentioned.
>HTH
>Pankaj
>
>***************************original message****************
>On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 05:17:56 +0000
>Tom Taylor <tom at stolen.servehttp.com> wrote:
>
>Is there an easy(ish) way to run more than one X server on the one machine?
>
>For example to have 2 different users logged in at once, both able to use X.
>
>
>  
>



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