Re: [expert] xtart and a new session

2003-11-09 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 18:32, bascule wrote:
> thanks everyone!
> now i have to find out why switching from the new session that i have started 
> back to the first will freeze my display, not even ctrl-alt-backspace/delete 
> will work, i have to alt-sysrq etc to reboot
> possibly the ati radeon drivers...
> 
> bascule

Bascule,  

   I filed a bug report on this ctrl-alt-backspace doesn't kill X in 9.2
period.  I was told this is expected behavior.  Felt like saying "It
isn't expected by me." but I've had enough BS for a while.  At any rate
the only way to kill an X session is now to change to a virtual terminal
and type killall X this will restart X the way ctrl-alt-backspace does
in all other Linux variants.

James

> 
> On Sunday 09 Nov 2003 9:27 pm, James Sparenberg wrote:
> > On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 10:04, Bill Mullen wrote:
> > > On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, bascule wrote:
> > > > is there a way to get xtart to start a session on another screen,
> > > > a-la 'startx -- :1'
> > >
> > > Yes, by using Hans Updyke's modified Xtart script, "myXtart":
> > >
> > > http://www.dimensional.com/~hansup/linux/xtart/
> >
> > Or go here for a full explanation
> > http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/multiple-x.html
> >
> >


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Re: [expert] xtart and a new session

2003-11-09 Thread bascule
thanks everyone!
now i have to find out why switching from the new session that i have started 
back to the first will freeze my display, not even ctrl-alt-backspace/delete 
will work, i have to alt-sysrq etc to reboot
possibly the ati radeon drivers...

bascule

On Sunday 09 Nov 2003 9:27 pm, James Sparenberg wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 10:04, Bill Mullen wrote:
> > On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, bascule wrote:
> > > is there a way to get xtart to start a session on another screen,
> > > a-la 'startx -- :1'
> >
> > Yes, by using Hans Updyke's modified Xtart script, "myXtart":
> >
> > http://www.dimensional.com/~hansup/linux/xtart/
>
> Or go here for a full explanation
> http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/multiple-x.html
>
>
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Re: [expert] xtart and a new session

2003-11-09 Thread Salane KIng
On Sunday 09 November 2003 09:22 am, bascule wrote:
> is there a way to get xtart to start a session on another screen,
> a-la 'startx -- :1'
>
> bascule
Edit /etc/X11/xdm/xservers
change at the bottom from this:
:0 local /bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -deferglyphs 16
to this:
:0 local /bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -deferglyphs 16
:1 local reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 vt8
:2 local reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X :2 vt9
:3 local reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X :3 vt10
:4 local reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X :4 vt11
:5 local reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X :5 vt12

then restart X
after that there will be a menu option of 
Start New Session
It will open a new session to switch back alt-f7 as you can see alt-f8 to f-12 
can be new sessions 

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Re: [expert] xtart and a new session

2003-11-09 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 10:04, Bill Mullen wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, bascule wrote:
> 
> > is there a way to get xtart to start a session on another screen,
> > a-la 'startx -- :1'
> 
> Yes, by using Hans Updyke's modified Xtart script, "myXtart":
> 
> http://www.dimensional.com/~hansup/linux/xtart/

Or go here for a full explanation
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/multiple-x.html

but startx -- :1 will start a second session on f8 then startx -- :2
would start on on 9 (only if one exists on f8 btw)  The limit AFAIK is 6
X sessions (f7 - f12) mainly because of keys.  

James

> 
> It works just like the regular Xtart, but it will determine the next 
> available display automatically, and launch your session on that.
> 
> Hans is a regular contributor to the alt.os.linux.mandrake newsgroup.
> 
> HTH!


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Re: [expert] xtart and a new session

2003-11-09 Thread Bill Mullen
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, bascule wrote:

> is there a way to get xtart to start a session on another screen,
> a-la 'startx -- :1'

Yes, by using Hans Updyke's modified Xtart script, "myXtart":

http://www.dimensional.com/~hansup/linux/xtart/

It works just like the regular Xtart, but it will determine the next 
available display automatically, and launch your session on that.

Hans is a regular contributor to the alt.os.linux.mandrake newsgroup.

HTH!

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[expert] xtart and a new session

2003-11-09 Thread bascule
is there a way to get xtart to start a session on another screen,
a-la 'startx -- :1'

bascule
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