From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 4 09:44:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E6016A4BF for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:44:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-relay1.mirrorimage.net (mail-relay1.mirrorimage.net [209.58.140.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A07A943FD7 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:44:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leblanc@mirrorimage.net) Received: from leblanc.mirrorimage.net (leblanc.mirrorimage.net [209.192.210.146]) by mail-relay1.mirrorimage.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA29257 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:44:10 -0400 Received: from leblanc.mirrorimage.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h84GiKdO097295 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:44:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from leblanc@leblanc.mirrorimage.net) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by leblanc.mirrorimage.net (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h84GiK4M097294 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:44:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:44:20 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030904164420.GA96934@keyslapper.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030904040608.D11CA3AA8E@www.fastmail.fm> <034e01c372fc$51d95af0$e400a8c0@ape> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <034e01c372fc$51d95af0$e400a8c0@ape> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Re: Two X sessions on one machine??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:44:22 -0000 On 09/04/03 04:50 PM, Markie sat at the `puter and typed: > > > > http://linux.about.com/library/bl/open/newbie/blnewbie4.3.6.htm > > Looks about right, I remember doing this a long time ago but couldn't > remember how. Thanks for making me get some motivation to make myself look > it up :o) > This is very cool. I've always wondered if it was possible. Reading some of these FAQs lead me to the following: Is it possible to have xdm start two separate login sessions at startup? I'm thinking about the following: First, create /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers.1 which contains: :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X Then, comment out the DisplayManager.servers setting in xdm.config and set the following in /etc/ttys: ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon -server /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers" xterm on secure ttyv9 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon -server /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers.1" xterm on secure Anyone know if this is a pipe dream? There are a hundred other questions, like how do you get an xsession to start different WMs or even different configurations of the same WM based on the display? Hmm. Might be getting off topic there. I'd be real interested if anyone has a link to some real detailed how-tos regarding this kind of creative X setup. One day I'm gonna try a dual head setup - but not now (no time or extra monitor :). Thanks Lou -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Cynic, n.: One who looks through rose-colored glasses with a jaundiced eye.