Re: multiple x sessions?
Matt Price <matt.price@utoronto.ca> writes:
> > > Is it really straightforward to configure my woody system to allow
> > > multiple X sessions on the same monitor?
> >
> > To start another X session:
> > startx -- :1
> >
> > It will end up running on the next available virtual console, and you
> > can switch between them by using Linux's virtual console switchingness.
> >
> > That what you wanted?
>
> Well, almost. Thanks -- now I remember having read this before! but
> for some reason, the simple startx command puts me right into kde,
> without the usual dialog box asking how I want to log in. This
> happens regardless of what user I log in as.
>
> I should say that I have one x session up aklready, running kde.
>
> is there a way around that, do you think?
Easiest way is to have a .xinitrc with the window manager you want to
run (e.g. /usr/bin/enlightenment, in my case). You can also have several
lines and comment out the ones you aren't using with #'s
If you don't want to modify the file every time, you can also pass
arguments to startx which are passed on to xinit including, AFAIK, what
to run after starting X. However, you'll have to research that yourself
(man starx; man xinit).
HTH
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