Re: XDM on multiple virutal X screens ( ALT-F9,ALT-F10...)
Hi, > Adding the other entry to XServers does not have anything to do > with running it on multiple monitors. > > There are three connectivity sections to every X window. > Adding a line to Xservers (to my knowlege) does not have > anything to do with running on two different monitors in > a dual-head'd configuration. A second monitor/display > would show up as :0.1, :1.1, etc. A third monitor would > be :0.2 or :1.2, etc. Also note that the lack of a host > name tells the X-Windows system to find the best way of > communicating with the localhost. There are several other > ways of communicating with the X-Server including UNIX > sockets, IPX, etc. > > A simple way to remember it is Hostname:Window:Screen. Okej, I will try to remember that one should not be that hard. Thanks. Mvh Mattias Björk To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: XDM on multiple virutal X screens ( ALT-F9,ALT-F10...)
Hi, On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:09:24AM +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: > Noticed this, out of curiosity decided to try it. > OK. This list is a good place to lurk on and read the topics that find intresting. > Then forgot second X display was installed and > next time the machine was started did not enter ALT-F10. > Then on: > $ shutdown -h now > the machine hung with some complaint from fetchmail > which I have running as a daemon. Only response was from the > power switch. > > On rebooting and waiting for fsck the sam sequence of events recurred. > > Disabled second X display and problem disappeared. > > Coincidence? Seems unlikely! > Had nothing to do with fetchmail? Possible. I don't know but properbly not but I have notice that Nvidias own drivers does not seem to like more than one X display. If i change between my virtual xdm screens then xdm trys to start again and again. But at least one virtual xdm login screen the one that I first log on to. Offcourse I want to too work but It does not seem to function to one hundred procent. I have get it working one time but then when I loged out on the one of the virtual xdm screens that one died. But Im thinkning of changing back to X own nvidia drivers because they seem to be more stable for me. And the do not crash the hole system. But then I can't get movies of getting fast enought to watch but perhaps its only an config error or using the right video output. I also have to use software rendring for GL/glx etc and that is not fast. Mvh Mattias Björk To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
RE: XDM on multiple virutal X screens ( ALT-F9,ALT-F10...)
(snip) > > You have searched well enough. I remember playing with this > > for about a week in the past. (when I first got it working). > > Its amazing how easy the change is to make though. There are a few good reasons I can think of. Simply running an other instance of X-Windows takes up more resources. Most just run virtual-desktops to get around problems like this. > > Perhaps folk does not like to run it for some reasons. But If i want it to > get it running on diffrent screens I have to edit > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config I guess and add the other graphic > card there, and so forth. Adding the other entry to XServers does not have anything to do with running it on multiple monitors. There are three connectivity sections to every X window. Adding a line to Xservers (to my knowlege) does not have anything to do with running on two different monitors in a dual-head'd configuration. A second monitor/display would show up as :0.1, :1.1, etc. A third monitor would be :0.2 or :1.2, etc. Also note that the lack of a host name tells the X-Windows system to find the best way of communicating with the localhost. There are several other ways of communicating with the X-Server including UNIX sockets, IPX, etc. A simple way to remember it is Hostname:Window:Screen. (snip) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: XDM on multiple virutal X screens ( ALT-F9,ALT-F10...)
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 06:03:50AM -0800, Aaron Burke wrote: > This is the only file that you have to modify, however you need > to make two seperate mods. > > The default file just says > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X > > Just change it to say the following. > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 > :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 > > The only line that is in there is ":0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X" Okej, then I "almost" did right. > You have searched well enough. I remember playing with this > for about a week in the past. (when I first got it working). > Its amazing how easy the change is to make though. Perhaps folk does not like to run it for some reasons. But If i want it to get it running on diffrent screens I have to edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config I guess and add the other graphic card there, and so forth. > This is an unrelated problem. Feel free to ask about it on > -questions though. I thinking of it. > You should always be able to ssh into your box (provided your > running the server, and you are). I know I do that, but the computer real crashes hard. > Nothing to do there. Okie dokie > > Anyway thanks for reading and perhaps replying to this mail :) > Thats what some of us are here for. I might not answer any mails on the list but I help my friends IRL istead. But I don't know that many IRL that runs FreeBSD. Any way this is getting of topic. Expect me to write more mail on other subjects. > > > > Mvh Mattias Bj?rk > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
RE: XDM on multiple virutal X screens ( ALT-F9,ALT-F10...)
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of User Tysken > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 5:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: XDM on multiple virutal X screens ( ALT-F9,ALT-F10...) > > > Hi, > > I have searched some on google and on xfree86.org but I can't > find any usefull information about this mater. > > Honestly I haven't searched that mutch but I haven't found > something usefull yet. > > I want to be able to have multitiple xdm loginscreens on the same > workstation using only one monitor and so on. > > I wounder if this is the right file to edit in: > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers This is the only file that you have to modify, however you need to make two seperate mods. The default file just says :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X Just change it to say the following. :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 > > The only line that is in there is ":0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X" > > I have tried to add ":1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X" but xdm does not > seem to like it. It wound "behave" that I want it to. First i > started xdm and then i just crashed after a few seconds. And then > I tryed to start It again and the it started but I did not get > multitple xdm login screens on ALT-F9... ALT-F10. There are two mods to one file that need to be made. (explained above) After you make them you will have X consoles on F9 and F10. > And I didn't even get a login prompt if you understand what I > mean only a the standar gray and black backgrund with a login screen. (see post above) > > Perhaps I haven't searched thurly enought but perhaps someone can > point me in the right direction of do this. You have searched well enough. I remember playing with this for about a week in the past. (when I first got it working). Its amazing how easy the change is to make though. > > One thing that I perhaps should mention is that im using a > Geforce 3 Ti 200 with the nvidia drv and it seems to be quite > unstable on my system. So sometimes the computer crashes and I > have to reboot it to get it working. This is an unrelated problem. Feel free to ask about it on -questions though. > > Sometimes I can just ssh from an other box and kill and restart > xdm. And some times I can't even ping my workstation and are > forced to do a hard reboot. You should always be able to ssh into your box (provided your running the server, and you are). > It might perhaps be so that I have to do some config changes in > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config but I don't think thats necessery > or am I wrong? Nothing to do there. > > Anyway thanks for reading and perhaps replying to this mail :) Thats what some of us are here for. > > Mvh Mattias Björk To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
