[brlug-general] Multiple concurrent X sessions

[Joe Fruchey]

Sorry... I forgot to reply yesterday. As I said before, the startx --
:1 is working fine, I just didn't realize that X was running on a
different terminal.

And Kevin, that link you posted works perfectly. Thanks!

On 3/5/07, c.a. weisheit <carl70448 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> fc6 does have user switching if you use kde.
> It works on my system and many users suggest kde is closer to the look and
> function of windows than other managers.
>
> Also I tried both suggestions for gnome; adding the switch user button and
> switching with the "startx -- :1 > x.txt, these both worked very well on my
> dell laptop. (good suggestions) if they are not working for you there may be
> some other problem affecting your system.
>
> Kevin Kreamer <kevin at kreamer.org> wrote:
>  Joe Fruchey wrote:
> > First off, I've never really messed with virtual terminals, so I don't
> > know what's supposed to happen. If I switch to anything above vt07, I
> > get a black screen with a blinking cursor.
>
>
> > And Will, FC6 doesn't have built-in user switching.
>
> Maybe you just don't have the option visible. Take a look at
>
> http://wadeberrier.blogspot.com/2007/02/switch-user-in-opensuse-102.html
>
> and see if it helps.
>
> Kevin
>
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