On Thursday 11 August 2005 01:41 pm, Paul de Weerd wrote: > > The fact that you can not run multiple X servers on one videocard, as > it currently stands. > > You really should read up on ttys(5) and the X Windows. >
That isn't entirely true, on my Linux desktop I have gdm starting 2 virtual consoles with graphical logins, one I use for XDMCP to connect to other systems and the other gets used to log into the local computer. This is great when I want to do something that is installed on my laptop, but want to take advantage of my dual head setup on my desktop. I believe that you configure this in the Xservers for xdm, however I normally don't use xdm so Google will be your best bet for information. I have also seen allusions to the fact that it possible to have multiple keyboards/mice/monitors to allow multiple to allow multiple people to access a single workstation at the same time, but I have yet to see any concrete evidence of people that get it to work correctly. However the OP seemed to be asking for what I described earlier, that is multiple virtual consoles for a "Fast User Switching" type setup on his computer, which is possible, please note: it is EXTREMELY resource intensive. Tim Donahue
