Re: xorg + xinerama - but on an on-demand basis
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 03:46:45PM +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
> You could start two instances of the X server, each running one
> instance of gdm. One would be running on vty7, one on vty8, and you
> could switch between them with Ctrl-Alt-F7 and Ctrl-Alt-F8.
I tried that. It didn't work. gdm detected that it was already running
and wouldn't atart again.
> I don't know how to tweak the gdm setup to start two of them.
Here's what did work for me. Somewhere in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf you find a line
0=Standard
Replace it by
0=Standard
1=Standard
2=Standard
and you'll have three virtual consoles, each with its own gdm login prompt.
You'll probably have to restart gdm so it reads the configuration again.
Rebooting accomplishes this.
-- hendrik
>
> Kai
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Koschewski <marc@osknowledge.org>
> Subject: xorg + xinerama - but on an on-demand basis
> Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user
> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:17:56 +0200
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've been searching the Net a couple of times for now but I didn't find a
> solution to my 'problem'. The thing is I use my mobile at home and at
> work. At home I usually only use my laptop monitor only whereas I use a
> TFT screen at work. When I start X 'by hand' (without gdm on boot) I may
> use the Xinerama layout using the '-layout' parameter. But how can one
> achieve that using gdm? gdm just starts the default layout which is the
> non-Xinerama one (as a save bet). Does anyone have any hint how to make
> gdm 'detect' the laptop has a second monitor attached? Maybe by some
> sort of script in my $HOME dir or something? Any hint would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Rrgards,
> Marc
>
>
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