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Re: Clearing SWAP



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On 05/03/08 13:06, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Sat May 3 2008, Marc Shapiro wrote:
>>>  
>> 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.
> 
> so, you don't automagically start the X server on bootup, or, maybe I'm still 
> not clear on the process... these alias lines goes in .bashrc?

Each user's .bashrc get's a different startx alias.

> so If I put that in our .bashrc files, rebooted, X comes up, and logged her 
> in, she would be on vt08?

In this configuration, X does *not* start on boot.  The wife and
daughter must log in at the Scary Black Screen Of Doom.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

We want... a Shrubbery!!
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