Re: Multiple desktops in lightdm? -- SOLVED
On Sun 09 Nov 2014 at 03:27:39 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:15:51 +, Brian wrote: xdm can do it. Adapting its approach: Go to Seat configuration in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf. Uncomment [Seat:0] and after this line put xserver-command=/usr/bin/X :0 vt07 -nolisten -tcp Add [Seat:1] xserver-command=/usr/bin/X :1 vt08 -nolisten -tcp Yes, that worked beautifully. Thank you. And I presume the same thing (but wiith a different config file) would work if I were ever to switch to xdm. You'll want the Xservers file. Examples are there too. A chance to correct my typ: '-tcp' should be 'tcp'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/09112014143434.cef45aaed...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
Re: Multiple desktops in lightdm?
On Vi, 07 nov 14, 15:12:04, Eric Sharkey wrote: On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 5:34 AM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: Nowadays (testing/unstable) a simple 'startx' doesn't even have to hunt around for an unused display because it will always bring X up on the tty it is started from. A display and a tty aren't quite the same thing. It still has to figure out what display (what you see when you run echo $DISPLAY) to use. I'm quite sure Brian meant tty. And starting up X on the text tty is really awful in my opinion. I liked it much better when 1-6 was reserved for text and 7-12 for graphics. How do you even see console messages now? For debugging X the log is usually more useful anyway and this also prevents someone getting very easy access your system by just Ctrl-Alt-Fx (the console where 'startx' was run) and just Ctrl-C to kill the X server. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Multiple desktops in lightdm? -- SOLVED
On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:15:51 +, Brian wrote: On Thu 06 Nov 2014 at 11:14:58 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 06 nov 14, 03:58:13, Hendrik Boom wrote: I want to be able to log on multiple times, simultaneously, to the same machine, with the same physical keyboard and boutse and screen, but with different user ids. So that when I'm logged in as myself, and my friend comes by who wants to use the machine for a minute, I can let him log in as another, independent user, without me having to log out first. This is usually called switch user. A quick web search seems to indicate lightdm might be able to support it, but can't help any further. As far as I understand gdm+Gnome should be able to do it. xdm can do it. Adapting its approach: Go to Seat configuration in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf. Uncomment [Seat:0] and after this line put xserver-command=/usr/bin/X :0 vt07 -nolisten -tcp Add [Seat:1] xserver-command=/usr/bin/X :1 vt08 -nolisten -tcp Yes, that worked beautifully. Thank you. And I presume the same thing (but wiith a different config file) would work if I were ever to switch to xdm. -- hendrik -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/m3mmvb$oaj$1...@ger.gmane.org
Re: Multiple desktops in lightdm?
On Thu 06 Nov 2014 at 12:49:45 -0500, Eric Sharkey wrote: On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: A different method to achieve the same thing would be to use Ctrl-Alt-Fx to switch to a console, login and start another X instance with startx -- :1 You don't even need the -- :1 any more. startx is now smart enough to find an unused display on its own. Nowadays (testing/unstable) a simple 'startx' doesn't even have to hunt around for an unused display because it will always bring X up on the tty it is started from. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/07112014103012.d80c82cc8...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
Re: Multiple desktops in lightdm?
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 5:34 AM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Thu 06 Nov 2014 at 12:49:45 -0500, Eric Sharkey wrote: On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: A different method to achieve the same thing would be to use Ctrl-Alt-Fx to switch to a console, login and start another X instance with startx -- :1 You don't even need the -- :1 any more. startx is now smart enough to find an unused display on its own. Nowadays (testing/unstable) a simple 'startx' doesn't even have to hunt around for an unused display because it will always bring X up on the tty it is started from. A display and a tty aren't quite the same thing. It still has to figure out what display (what you see when you run echo $DISPLAY) to use. And starting up X on the text tty is really awful in my opinion. I liked it much better when 1-6 was reserved for text and 7-12 for graphics. How do you even see console messages now? Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAC73aR1AsD4hbNUOYew9-zdW2HgG93=5mekfbfo2phacayo...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Multiple desktops in lightdm?
On Jo, 06 nov 14, 03:58:13, Hendrik Boom wrote: I want to be able to log on multiple times, simultaneously, to the same machine, with the same physical keyboard and boutse and screen, but with different user ids. So that when I'm logged in as myself, and my friend comes by who wants to use the machine for a minute, I can let him log in as another, independent user, without me having to log out first. This is usually called switch user. A quick web search seems to indicate lightdm might be able to support it, but can't help any further. As far as I understand gdm+Gnome should be able to do it. A different method to achieve the same thing would be to use Ctrl-Alt-Fx to switch to a console, login and start another X instance with startx -- :1 This has the advantage of being *dm independent. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Multiple desktops in lightdm?
On Thu 06 Nov 2014 at 11:14:58 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 06 nov 14, 03:58:13, Hendrik Boom wrote: I want to be able to log on multiple times, simultaneously, to the same machine, with the same physical keyboard and boutse and screen, but with different user ids. So that when I'm logged in as myself, and my friend comes by who wants to use the machine for a minute, I can let him log in as another, independent user, without me having to log out first. This is usually called switch user. A quick web search seems to indicate lightdm might be able to support it, but can't help any further. As far as I understand gdm+Gnome should be able to do it. xdm can do it. Adapting its approach: Go to Seat configuration in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf. Uncomment [Seat:0] and after this line put xserver-command=/usr/bin/X :0 vt07 -nolisten -tcp Add [Seat:1] xserver-command=/usr/bin/X :1 vt08 -nolisten -tcp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/06112014100933.12924c7d8...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
Re: Multiple desktops in lightdm?
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Jo, 06 nov 14, 03:58:13, Hendrik Boom wrote: I want to be able to log on multiple times, simultaneously, to the same machine, with the same physical keyboard and boutse and screen, but with different user ids. So that when I'm logged in as myself, and my friend comes by who wants to use the machine for a minute, I can let him log in as another, independent user, without me having to log out first. This is usually called switch user. A quick web search seems to indicate lightdm might be able to support it, but can't help any further. As far as I understand gdm+Gnome should be able to do it. A different method to achieve the same thing would be to use Ctrl-Alt-Fx to switch to a console, login and start another X instance with startx -- :1 You don't even need the -- :1 any more. startx is now smart enough to find an unused display on its own. Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAC73aR2wgcGmMZ+C0V5x-2a8Yzc2tqbRsf+FgFKXGpKKPA=g...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Multiple desktops in lightdm?
On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:19:52 -0500, Gary Dale wrote: On 03/11/14 11:20 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: I've been using lightdm, and it more or less works. About a decade ago, on another ancient Linux, I could get multiple desktops, selected by ctl-alt-f7 through f12. Is there some way to set up something like that with lightdm? Just being able to dynamically add another desktop would be good, actually; they don't have to all be there at boot. In case it makes a difference, I'm running squeeze with the traditional sysv init. I use icewm and fvwm as window managers and do not run gnome or kde. Not that some of those libraries aren't there anyway. -- hendrik Are you asking for multiple virtual desktops or the ability to log on multiple times to the same machine? I want to be able to log on multiple times, simultaneously, to the same machine, with the same physical keyboard and boutse and screen, but with different user ids. So that when I'm logged in as myself, and my friend comes by who wants to use the machine for a minute, I can let him log in as another, independent user, without me having to log out first. I hope that's clear. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/m3erkl$tsm$1...@ger.gmane.org
Re: Multiple desktops in lightdm?
On 03/11/14 11:20 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: I've been using lightdm, and it more or less works. About a decade ago, on another ancient Linux, I could get multiple desktops, selected by ctl-alt-f7 through f12. Is there some way to set up something like that with lightdm? Just being able to dynamically add another desktop would be good, actually; they don't have to all be there at boot. In case it makes a difference, I'm running squeeze with the traditional sysv init. I use icewm and fvwm as window managers and do not run gnome or kde. Not that some of those libraries aren't there anyway. -- hendrik Are you asking for multiple virtual desktops or the ability to log on multiple times to the same machine? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/545926d8.8050...@torfree.net
Multiple desktops in lightdm?
I've been using lightdm, and it more or less works. About a decade ago, on another ancient Linux, I could get multiple desktops, selected by ctl-alt-f7 through f12. Is there some way to set up something like that with lightdm? Just being able to dynamically add another desktop would be good, actually; they don't have to all be there at boot. In case it makes a difference, I'm running squeeze with the traditional sysv init. I use icewm and fvwm as window managers and do not run gnome or kde. Not that some of those libraries aren't there anyway. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/m39k5i$a72$1...@ger.gmane.org
