On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:17:21 -0500, Bill Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 16:09 Sat 26 Feb , Ric de France wrote: > > Brett, > > > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:44:44 -0500 (EST), Brett I. Holcomb > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I start up using xdm and get an login window on vt7 from which I can > > > login. However, if I got to another console (say vt5) and run startx I am > > > told that display 0 is in use - well of course it is! I have > > > /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers setup as this: > > > > > > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X > > > :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X > > > > > > I've checked the bug about pam_env.conf messing up things so I commented > > > out the display and Xauth lines but still does not work. > > > > > > What is the proper way to stop and restart X when running in this mode? I > > > tried /etc/init.d/xdm restart and that simply gives me a grey X screen > > > with a cursor instead of a login box. > > > > I don't know if this will help, but from the new virtual terminal line, try: > > > > $ startx -- :1 & > > > > The & is optional. That should start up another X display. You can > > then swap between them using Ctrl+Alt+Fx buttons... > > I tried: > > "startxfce4 -- :1 &" > > and it works as well. Cool! >
I tried this on one of my audio machines. It works nicely. Seems to me that this is almost good enough to be useful in a multiuser environment. Would it be possibly to do something like this: 1) Alt-Ctrl-Del takes you to a gdm login screen 2) You enter your name and password. The system figures out what display to give you and starts your X session. 3) Alt-Ctrl-F1-6 still take you to consoles from any user account. 4) If you are in any console or in any display other than your own and you hit Alt-Ctrl-F6-8 then the system requires you to give a password appropriate for the user account that has that display. 5) No user can shutdown or reboot unless there are no other users logged in. I don't know if all of that is possible, but it would be cool if it could be set up. Cheers, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
