Re: Multiple desktops in lightdm?
On Thu 06 Nov 2014 at 11:14:58 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Jo, 06 nov 14, 03:58:13, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >
> > I want to be able to log on multiple times, simultaneously, to the same
> > machine, with the same physical keyboard and boutse and screen, but with
> > different user ids. So that when I'm logged in as myself, and my friend
> > comes by who wants to use the machine for a minute, I can let him log in
> > as another, independent user, without me having to log out first.
>
> This is usually called "switch user". A quick web search seems to
> indicate lightdm might be able to support it, but can't help any
> further. As far as I understand gdm+Gnome should be able to do it.
xdm can do it. Adapting its approach:
Go to "Seat configuration" in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf. Uncomment
"[Seat:0]" and after this line put
xserver-command=/usr/bin/X :0 vt07 -nolisten -tcp
Add
[Seat:1]
xserver-command=/usr/bin/X :1 vt08 -nolisten -tcp
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