W2K Terminal Services and multiple users running X

I am able to successfully run XWin after logging onto a W2K Server via Terminal Services, but if another user attempts to do the same thing at the same time, she is not allowed. Is there some way to set this up so that 2 instances of XWin can be running at the same time? Do we each need our own Cyg

Re: W2K Terminal Services and multiple users running X

Joel, Each user needs a unique display number, which is specified as N in the following: XWin :N Such as: XWin :0 (default display zero) XWin :1 (display one) You can either hard-code these in startup scripts for each user, or you can help us with the feature that automatically assigns displa

Re: W2K Terminal Services and multiple users running X

Harold, > ... but the true difficulty in that is communicating the assigned > display number back to the shell from which XWin was launched so that X > programs can know the correct display to connect to. Why not have XWin write its display number to a file in /var/run, e.g., /var/run/XWin.$$.dis

Re: W2K Terminal Services and multiple users running X

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Harold, ... but the true difficulty in that is communicating the assigned display number back to the shell from which XWin was launched so that X programs can know the correct display to connect to. Why not have XWin write its display number to a file in /var/run, e.g.

Re: W2K Terminal Services and multiple users running X

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > Harold, > > > >>... but the true difficulty in that is communicating the assigned > >>display number back to the shell from which XWin was launched so that X > >>programs can know the correct display to connect to. > > >

Re: W2K Terminal Services and multiple users running X

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Harold, ... but the true difficulty in that is communicating the assigned display number back to the shell from which XWin was launched so that X programs can know the correct display to connect to

Re: W2K Terminal Services and multiple users running X

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote: > > > >>Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > >> > >>>Harold, > >>> > ... but the true difficulty in that is communicating the assigned > display number back to the shell from wh

Re: W2K Terminal Services and multiple users running X

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Harold, ... but the true difficulty in that is communicating the assigned display number back to the shell from which XWin

Re: W2K Terminal Services and multiple users running X

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote: > > > >>Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > >> > >>>On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote: > >>> > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > >Harold, > > > >>... but the

Re: W2K Terminal Services and multiple users running X

David, Please do not send Cygwin-related questions by private e-mail. All Cygwin questions should be sent to the appropriate Cygwin mailing list (see ). I have forwarded this question to the appropriate list, and set the Reply-To: accordingly. FYI, you can both pos