Re: 2 XServers on 1 terminal?
*- Alexander Kushnirenko wrote about 2 XServers on 1 terminal? | Hi, | | Could I run 2 X servers on one comupter? So that Alt-F7 correspond to first | session, and Alt-F8 for the second session? There are 2 people working on one | computer, and we don't want to mess each other X sessions. | | Thanks, | Sasha. | | If you are using xdm edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers so you have one line for the first display and one line for the second display. :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7 :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt8 If you are using startx then you can do startx -- :0 for the first display, and startx -- :1 for the second. -- Brian - Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes. - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
SOLVED: 2 XServers on 1 terminal?
Hi, Disregard my previous message. I already learned how to do it. Could I run 2 X servers on one comupter? So that Alt-F7 correspond to first session, and Alt-F8 for the second session? There are 2 people working on one computer, and we don't want to mess each other X sessions. Sasha.
Re: SOLVED: 2 XServers on 1 terminal?
On Tue, Oct 20, 1998 at 06:16:40PM -0500, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: Hi, Disregard my previous message. I already learned how to do it. Could I run 2 X servers on one comupter? So that Alt-F7 correspond to first session, and Alt-F8 for the second session? There are 2 people working on one computer, and we don't want to mess each other X sessions. Sasha. How? Thanks for the enlightenment, Jeff
Re: SOLVED: 2 XServers on 1 terminal?
Hi, Jeff! Could I run 2 X servers on one comupter? So that Alt-F7 correspond to first session, and Alt-F8 for the second session? There are 2 people working on one computer, and we don't want to mess each other X sessions. How? It's actually described in details in file /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers . # Example: # :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt9 -bpp 16 # :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 vt10 -bpp 8 Just uncomment those 2 lines. I found it reading in /usr/doc/X11/README.Debian (They turn out to be quite useful for most of configuration problems). Sasha. Thanks for the enlightenment, Jeff
Re: 2 XServers on 1 terminal?
Hi, Could I run 2 X servers on one comupter? So that Alt-F7 correspond to first session, and Alt-F8 for the second session? There are 2 people working on one computer, and we don't want to mess each other X sessions. Yes. To add another session, you could go to a text console, and type startx -- :1 and you have a second session under F8. If you want xdm to run two sessions, I think you should add something to /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers, though I'm not certain what. You will only want to do this on a machine with plenty memory though! Also note that the DISPLAY variable for the second session should be my.machine.somewhere:1.0 if you have to set it manually. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax+31 40 2455054
Re: 2 XServers on 1 terminal?
E.L. Meijer Eric wrote:
Yes. To add another session, you could go to a text console, and type
startx -- :1
For what it's worth, I have a small program that allows you to type instead,
startx -- `getdisplay` -- that's useful for things like launching a new X
session from a menu, or when you're not sure what's a valid free display
number. I'm sure it has race conditions and things, but it works for me.
Attached.
--
see shy jo
/* by Wakko */
#include unistd.h
#include string.h
#include netinet/in.h
#include stdio.h
#include errno.h
#include sys/socket.h
/* well, not what you'd think, but it's a start! */
int get_first_x_display()
{
int sock, port;
struct sockaddr_in sin;
for (port = 6000;port 8000;port++)
{
/* Create a port to listen for the host. */
sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if (sock 0)
{
perror(Can't connect socket);
exit(0);
}
/* Initialize socket address. */
memset(sin, 0, sizeof(sin));
sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
sin.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
sin.sin_port = htons(port);
/* Bind the socket to the address. */
if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)sin, sizeof(sin)) = 0)
{
close(sock);
return port - 6000;
}
close(sock);
}
return -1;
}
void main()
{
printf(:%d\n, get_first_x_display());
}
2 XServers on 1 terminal?
Hi, Could I run 2 X servers on one comupter? So that Alt-F7 correspond to first session, and Alt-F8 for the second session? There are 2 people working on one computer, and we don't want to mess each other X sessions. Thanks, Sasha.
