One way is to type at the prompt: startx -- :1
which will start x on tty8 if tty7 is the default. Of course, you can also do startx -- :2 and so on but -- :1 would be the usual second session. Hope this helps. To switch between them you would type alt-F8 0r alt-F7 or perhaps ctrl-alt-F7 or F8 if already in X. The numbers vary with distributions but those are the usual ones AFAIK. On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 12:46, Karthik Vishwanath wrote: > Hello, > > Could someone point out how I could setup my machine so that a second user > may log in to the machine and run a 'startx' even though the first user is > logged in and has an active X session running, without killing the first > user's X session? > > > Thanks, > > -K > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
