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Re: Can you run 2 X/KDE sessions at once?



Hello 'Moe'!

On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 05:04:26PM -0500, shrevie@ntnation.com wrote:
> Is it possible to run two different X sessions at the same time as two
> different users?

Sure.

> In other words, I want to hit ctrl-alt-F3 (for example), login as
> another user, and run X and KDE while having my regular X/Kde session
> running on ctrl-alt-F7.
> 
> When I try to do that now, I end up with an X error because it can't
> open Display 0:0 (since that's already in use of course).

So just use another one:
$ startx -- :1
should do the trick, if that's how you start your sessions.

Cheers,
Flo

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