Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 18:05:56 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: fenner@parc.xerox.com, pete@sms.fi, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: xdm runnign twice? possible? Message-ID: <199603190205.SAA22101@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199603190050.RAA22651@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Mar 18, 96 05:50:13 pm
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edit Xservers: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 this will give you two X servers running on one box both managed by xdm. anyone get chosser working? > > > > > Hey, is it possible to have xdm running twice? > > > > > >Since the mouse driver is not virtualized enough to support multiple > > >users at a time, the answer is no. > > > > I used to run X multiple times -- but not xdm. If I tried running xdm on > > multiple different TTY's, the system would hang, for an unknown reason. If, > > however, person A logged in and said "xinit" and person B logged in and said > > "xinit -- :1", life was wonderful. > > > > I guess I just got lucky with the mouse. Can't say that I know why it worked, > > just that it did and I was happy. "his" and "hers" X sessions. =) > > This is what I assumed he meant. > > Running xdm multiple times makes no sense. One xdm can put logins > on all your displays if you tell your X server to send xdm requests > to get itself managed. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. >
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