RE: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?
Hi...
Heh! Binding ANYTHING over Ctrl-Alt-F? is NOT recommended. :P
Alex
On Mon, 20 Jul 1998 servis@purdue.edu wrote:
> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 18:49:41 -0500 (EST)
> From: servis@purdue.edu
> To: Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk
> Cc: marshall@sioux.llnl.gov, debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?
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> *-Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk (21 Jul)
> | 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 "--".
>
> Actually when in X you need to use Ctrl-Alt-F? to switch from an X
> display. As long as you haven't bound window mangager bindings over it.
>
> |
> | 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).
> |
>
> I haven't tried it but there is a Debian package propsel that allows
> propagating selections between displays. I don't know if it is just
> for multiheaded displays or not. The package is only 8.8k so no biggy
> to download.
>
> Brian
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