On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 00:46, Kent West wrote: > techlists wrote: > > >I am running Sid with KDE, and was wondering if I am logged in and have > >some programs running, is there a way for someone else to log into x on > >the same terminal, without shutting down the programs I have running? > >that way when they are finished, I can re-log in and continue where I > >left with the programs that I originally had still open and running. > > > Sort of (which works very well in my opinion). > > Lock your screen using one of the lockable screen savers. > > Then press Ctrl-Alt-F2 to switch to virtual terminal #2. From there, > have the second user log in. After the user has logged in, have him > enter "startx -- :1". This will start a second instance of X on > (probably) terminal 8 (whereas your is (probably) on terminal 7). You > can then hotswitch between the two sessions with Ctrl-Alt-F7 and > Ctrl-Alt-F8. > What about setting up a VNC X server. Sounds like this is exactly what the Doctor ordered. -- greg@gregfolkert.net REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry
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