Re: x and virtual consoles
On 2019-08-05 13:11+0200, deloptes wrote:
> IMO you can not run multiple X sessions from the same user. I am not
> 100% sure, but I can imagine what would happen with the session
> manager.
I have done in the past, one 'ed' would run xfce and another would run
evilwm. However, the majority of use would be from 'ed' and a different
user account for working from home in.
> So if your first session is on vt7 (CTRL) ALT+F7 the next one will be
> on
> (CTRL) ALT+F8.
This is what I think is expected now if you want tty1 and ctrl-alt-f1 to
match:
/usr/bin/startx -display :1 -- :1 vt1
> I have used this only with different users and from the login manager
> or
> from the desktop by starting new user session.
How do you run two login managers though so that you can have two users
share the same computer without having to log out? In other words,
whilst I go and make dinner I want to allow someone else to sit here,
without having to shut applications down?
> Doing it from the same user makes no sense IMO. Why would you do this?
Well, in the weird times when I did, it was a different desktop
environment (evilwm for code, xfce for web browsing and mail). Avoids
bells and notifications from disturbing me. I'm not doing that these
days, now I just don't want to switch user spaces. If it auto-locked,
that'd be nice, too, I seem to remember that switching would auto-lock.
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Best regards,
Ed http://www.s5h.net/
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