Re: Running multiple desktops...
Bill Day wrote:
OK, while wifes computer is down and waiting on fan to arrive I decided to
investigate the option of running multiple desktops on my computer on
different vt's.
I found this article:
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Configuring_X#Setting_up_Multiple_X_Sessions_on_a_Single_Monitor
to work however when I do it under her login it automagically brings up GNOME
desktop, which she does not like, where do I make the change for her to get
KDE desktop at?
But if you forget about the wife's computer and just use a PCI videocard
in your PC and connect her monitor, keyboard and mouse, add her disk(s),
then you have multi-user Linux.
More interesting solution. More cost-effective. Much different from the
usual m$ stuff.
[1] the HOWTO do it. It involves a kernel patch. Debian XFree86 already
has the pieces that are needed: IsolateDevice=
[2] the project (called Ruby) mailing list
[3] a list of all 2.6.x patches. I run 2.6.11 at the moment, 2 monitors
on TNT2 AGP and MX-440 PCI.
[4] the 2.4.x patches: no FB and this is called Bruby, for "Backstreet Ruby"
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/ [1]
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=5379 [2]
http://members.westnet.com.au/vanzeeland/ [3]
http://disjunkt.com/dualhead/ [4]
HTH
H
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