From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Apr 30 12:30:53 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 024E9FA8FB1 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:30:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.10.freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@email-od.com) Received: from bca5.email-od.com (bca5.email-od.com [207.246.239.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7850D71489 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:30:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.10.freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@email-od.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=email-od.com;i=@email-od.com;s=dkim; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; t=1525091457; x=1527683457; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-thread-info; bh=U7SsHvILp3Vf6Kk2exmj1BKLRe4o0At+EWIrrWC1jEA=; b=wzk/lEvIii+Yv9SutEsQm4MT1wAz2QUX0f25mVibxvSmY3E3LMX9hS1pPMplPc8OyurxQ2P6HKrLFnvUYfpO/xFazu0jo+6LQWWtVEdtVABF6aq7y7HKfkfkppN379s8sYxxSfvqMl0SovnoLizj9Ixp6PInQzK+DfSg2U7PNEo= X-Thread-Info: NDI1MC4xMi45ODAwMDAwMDQ1YjQzNy5mcmVlYnNkLXF1ZXN0aW9ucz1mcmVlYnNkLm9yZw== Received: from r1.us-west-2a.aws.in.socketlabs.com (r1.us-west-2a.aws.in.socketlabs.com [54.186.235.111]) by bca2.email-od.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Mon, 30 Apr 2018 08:30:48 -0400 Received: from smtp.lan.sohara.org (EMTPY [89.127.62.20]) by r1.us-west-2a.aws.in.socketlabs.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Mon, 30 Apr 2018 08:30:38 -0400 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.lan.sohara.org) by smtp.lan.sohara.org with smtp (Exim 4.90_1 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1fD7wx-0009vG-6d; Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:30:35 +0000 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:30:35 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: Victor Sudakov Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative to x11/gnome3 ? Message-Id: <20180430133035.1991f048976d5c9eb7cc84fd@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20180430121729.GA16523@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> References: <20180429140256.GA8201@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180429224951.537940ad.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180430044253.GA14278@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180430070646.58320fbd.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180430052322.GA14629@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180430070843.6ddffc999f02d2fc9e1cc7d2@sohara.org> <20180430121729.GA16523@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:30:53 -0000 On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 19:17:29 +0700 Victor Sudakov wrote: > Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > > > > It surprises me however that nobody has stepped forward and said "I > > > run two local X-servers", or "I use user switching all the time with > > > XXX" - why is that? > > > > I don't do it now, but I have run multiple X servers using > > startx and switching with Alt-F., IIRC the only required magic was > > to give each server a distinct number. > > No, thanks, startx won't do, I need user authentication to access the > session. Yep I rather thought you would. > I have tried running several local X-servers from xdm but for some > reason the second server would not start. Even if you get it going (I'm sure it's possible just fiddly like anything with xdm) I'm pretty sure xdm will only authenticate at login time and you'll still be able to switch sessions with Ctrl-Alt-F without logging in unless something automatically locks the X session when you switch VTs (which isn't normal behaviour). -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/