RE: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?
On 20-Jul-98 Stuart Marshall wrote:
> Is there some way to run more than one X session on my debian PC?
>
> Ideally I would do something like run an 8-bit depth xdm session
> that logged me into a remote sun computer and a second X session
> that is 16-bit depth that is my local session. If it requires a
> second video card it is no problem. I would then be able to switch
> between the two sessions via ALT-F7, ALT-F8 or something.
The following should do what I think you're asking for:
With no X up at all,
1. From your local machine (say on tty1) do
startx -- -bpp 16 &
This should start a 16-bit X session on your local machine (on VT-7). Now
do Alt-F1 to get back to tty1.
2. Still from your local machine, and from tty1, do
startx -- :1 -bpp 8 &
This should start an 8-bit X session on your local machine (on VT-8). You
should be able to switch between them using Alt-F8, Alt-F7. The ":1" must be
the FIRST thing following the "--".
3. From the second (8-bit) session on VT-8, telnet to the Sun machine. Then you
should be able to do what you want. (You won't be able to cut&paste between the
two different sessions however, and you can only see one of them at once).
Hope this helps,
Ted.
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E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>
Date: 21-Jul-98 Time: 00:32:15
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