Re: multiple X sessions

2003-12-08 Thread Anupam
> 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. Is there any way to switch between the 2 sessions if the ``DontZap'' is set to ``yes'' in XF86Conf

Re: multiple X sessions

2003-12-08 Thread Peter Garrett
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

multiple X sessions

2003-12-08 Thread Karthik Vishwanath
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: s