Re: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?

1998-07-27 Thread Ian Eure
On Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 10:00:35AM +1000, Manfred Bartz wrote: Stuart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there some way to run more than one X session on my debian PC? Ideally I would do something like run an 8-bit depth xdm session that logged me into a remote sun computer and a

Re: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?

1998-07-26 Thread Alexander
Hi... Uhhhyou can run another X server on your machine in 8 bpp if you want. It'll use the next available tty (i.e. if :0 is on tty7 then :1 (the second server) will run on tty8). You should be able to switch between them using CTRL-ALT-tty. You can also just start up the second X server by

RE: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?

1998-07-26 Thread Alexander
Hi... Heh! Binding ANYTHING over Ctrl-Alt-F? is NOT recommended. :P Alex On Mon, 20 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 18:49:41 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: 2 Xsessions?, 2

Re: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?

1998-07-26 Thread Alexander
@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards? Resent-Date: 21 Jul 1998 00:02:04 - Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; Stuart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there some way to run more than one X session on my debian PC

Re: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?

1998-07-26 Thread Alexander
Hi... Umm, just run `X' or your favorite X server then. Alex On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Stuart Marshall wrote: Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 20:58:11 -0700 From: Stuart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards? Resent-Date: 21 Jul 1998 03

RE: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?

1998-07-21 Thread Ted Harding
On 20-Jul-98 Stuart Marshall wrote: Is there some way to run more than one X session on my debian PC? Ideally I would do something like run an 8-bit depth xdm session that logged me into a remote sun computer and a second X session that is 16-bit depth that is my local session. If it

RE: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?

1998-07-21 Thread servis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (21 Jul) | On 20-Jul-98 Stuart Marshall wrote: | Is there some way to run more than one X session on my debian PC? | | Ideally I would do something like run an 8-bit depth xdm session | that logged me into a remote sun computer and a second X session | that is 16-bit depth

Re: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?

1998-07-21 Thread Manfred Bartz
Stuart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there some way to run more than one X session on my debian PC? Ideally I would do something like run an 8-bit depth xdm session that logged me into a remote sun computer and a second X session that is 16-bit depth that is my local session. If

Re: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?

1998-07-21 Thread Stuart Marshall
Hi, Thanks for the help but it does not quite work. I did just what you said but when I start the second X session it fails. The output of startx -- :1 -bpp is appended below. It looks like a problem with the first X session locking things up. Could it be the default security (xauth) stuff?

Re: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?

1998-07-21 Thread Stuart Marshall
Hi, Sorry to reply to my own post but it looks like the reason the second session failed was because I am running the extra font server that is using the socket. When the second session tries to open it it fails. I won't know until tomorrow. Stuart Quoting Stuart Marshall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):

RE: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards?

1998-07-21 Thread Maarten Boekhold
On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Ted Harding wrote: On 20-Jul-98 Stuart Marshall wrote: Is there some way to run more than one X session on my debian PC? Ideally I would do something like run an 8-bit depth xdm session that logged me into a remote sun computer and a second X session that is