It's not to keep the desktop away from her, it's just so our web sessions in Firefox don't collide. I was just tired of having to log back in to GMail every morning (oh no! I'm starting to sound like a Windows user, aren't I?) Another alternative would be to get her to use a second web browser, or figure out how to get her user to run firefox in the same X session. I just did the first thing that worked :-)
-Mark C. On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Royce Souther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IMHO I don't think a second X session is a good idea to keep your desktop > away from your girlfriends desktop. I created a persistent desktop session > wrapper called ViceWM for Radados Linux, my Linux distribution. The > persistent desktop session lets you quickly switch between users without > shutting any programs down. > http://www.silicontao.com/software/ViceWM/ViceWM.html > > Basiclly ViceWM is a VNC wrapper for the IceWM desktop. I also expanded it > to include the same features for the KDE desktop and the same could be done > for Gnome or any X desktop. > > > The second desktop command for Xorg. I just tested this on my Hydra system. > It works great, maybe faster with only 1 or 2 monitors, I have 4. > > /usr/bin/Xorg :1 -query 192.168.0.1 > > Replace the 192.168.0.1 with the second server IP. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On 10/22/08, Royce Souther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > You could just run a second X session on DISPLAY :1 and have it set to >> > query >> > the other system. Switching between systems would be as simple as >> > Ctrl+Alt+F7 or Ctrl+Alt+F8. You would not have GL or 3D support on the >> > system at DISPLAY :1 >> > >> > To do this you need an /etc/init.d/ script that starts up after your >> > [G|K|X]DM because these DM's try to start on :0 by default. I thing the >> > command is something like /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 -query <other server IP> >> > where >> > <other server IP> is the IP address of the other server. The other >> > server >> > needs XDMCP turned on. I did this with XFree86 but have not tried with >> > Xorg, >> > it should be very similar. >> >> Thanks Royce! >> >> I was looking for something the syntax for running a second X session >> a while ago, but it quickly became apparent that I did not know what >> the heck to search for. >> >> I was wanting to run one X session as my user, and the other as my >> girlfriends, so her sessions (facebook, gmail, etc.) would not collide >> with mine. My next step is figuring out how to get the .xinitrc >> script interpreted properly. The only way I was able to get a window >> manager running was to run an xterm with -display :1, and then in that >> xterm run the window manager. >> >> That works, of course, but is a little kludgey. >> >> -Mark C. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > -- > http://www.Radados.org > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
