Re: Clearing SWAP

[Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com>]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Sat May 3 2008, Marc Shapiro wrote:
>   
> > I have three X sessions running on my box.  All started with startx.  
> > Each user has an alias for startx that uses a specified VT.  It makes no
> > difference what order the sessions are started in, ech person gets a
> > session on the same VT each time startx is invoked.  That way I there is
> > no confusion and my wife, daughter and I always know which terminal our
> > session is on.  We also all have different backgrounds so that we can
> > see at a glance whose session is currently up.
> >     
>
> would you care to share how you do that???
> I want something very similar:)
> I like to log in first after a reboot, so I can always CTRL-ALT-F7 to get back 
> to me. I log my wife in 2ndm so she can always CTRL-ALT-F8 to get back to 
> HER.. but I run xfce, and she runs KDE.. What I had to do to get that started 
> is to log in to ME using KDE, log her in using KDE, go back to me, log out, 
> then log in using XFCE, because xfce doesn't HAVE a switch user menu !
> Someone on the xfce list said I could use gdm instead of kde and then xfce 
> would have a menu for switching, but I'm not sure how that would work 
> either...
> thanks,
>
>   
Sure.  This is my alias for startx:

   alias startx='startx -- :0 vt07'

My wife and daughter use:

   alias startx='startx -- :1 vt08'
   and
   alias startx='startx -- :2 vt09'

The sessions usually get started in that order, but it makes no 
difference if they are started in other orders.  My session is always on 
VT-07, my wife gets VT-08 and my daughter gets VT-09.  That way, I have 
an fvwm2 button bar at the bottom of the screen for each of us and I can 
have a button to go to either of the other sessions that always gets you 
to the correct session.

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Marc Shapiro
mshapiro_42@yahoo.com