Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-22 Thread yudi v
I just realized that I have been launching X session as root, how to launch a new X session without using elevated privileges. -- Kind regards, Yudi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-22 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 07:00:28PM +1000, yudi v wrote: I just realized that I have been launching X session as root, how to launch a new X session without using elevated privileges. Don't login to your shell as root, just as $user, then it's the same: startx ./tony --

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-22 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/21/2012 09:05 PM, yudi v wrote: The OP didn't, I think, specify that he wants two X sessions with the same user. Yes that is exactly right, I an trying to use two X sessions under one user. You might want something like this... In my .bashrcx() x() { D=x for i in `seq 0

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-22 Thread yudi v
Don't login to your shell as root, just as $user, then it's the same: startx Ok I cannot launch X session from tty7, default console, as the normal user. But if I change the allowed_users value in /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config file from console to anybody, I can launch it from tty7. From what I

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-22 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 02/22/12 19:15, yudi v wrote: Don't login to your shell as root, just as $user, then it's the same: startx Ok I cannot launch X session from tty7, default console, as the normal user. But if I change the allowed_users value in /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config file from console to anybody, I can

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-21 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 02/20/12 21:33, yudi v wrote: Hi all, I am trying to get gnome (default in tty7) and xfce (in tty1) to run at the sametime. I got as far as launching another x server session and xfce4 with the following command: startx startxfce4 -- :1 There are couple of issues I am trying to resolve:

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 21 feb 12, 15:33:15, yudi v wrote: 1. when I switch back to tty7 X server session in tty1 terminates. How to fix this? Marc already answered this. 2. all the start-up applications under Gnome also start in xfce, how can I completely separate the environments. I would like to keep

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-21 Thread hvw59601
yudi v wrote: Hi all, I am trying to get gnome (default in tty7) and xfce (in tty1) to run at the sametime. I got as far as launching another x server session and xfce4 with the following command: startx startxfce4 -- :1 There are couple of issues I am trying to resolve: 1. when I switch

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-21 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 07:28:44AM -0600, hvw59601 wrote: yudi v wrote: Hi all, I am trying to get gnome (default in tty7) and xfce (in tty1) to run at the sametime. I got as far as launching another x server session and xfce4 with the following command: startx startxfce4 -- :1 There

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-21 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2012 21 Feb 11:56 -0600, Tony Baldwin wrote: I'm just curious, after looking at this thread (but haven't tried). Could one not start a first X session in one tty, then go to another (ctrol-alt-#) and login as another user and start a different X session? Yes. I've done it with KDE 3.5

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-21 Thread hvw59601
Tony Baldwin wrote: On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 07:28:44AM -0600, hvw59601 wrote: yudi v wrote: Hi all, I am trying to get gnome (default in tty7) and xfce (in tty1) to run at the sametime. I got as far as launching another x server session and xfce4 with the following command: startx startxfce4

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-21 Thread yudi v
The command that you are using is not starting the new xserver in tty1.  It is almost certainly in tty8, the next available tty session.  The :1 is display 1, not tty1.  I use aliases of startx such as: I first log on to tty1 and then run the command: startx startxfce4 -- :1 -- Kind

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-21 Thread yudi v
The OP didn't, I think, specify that he wants two X sessions with the same user. Yes that is exactly right, I an trying to use two X sessions under one user. -- Kind regards, Yudi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-21 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 02/21/12 09:54, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 07:28:44AM -0600, hvw59601 wrote: yudi v wrote: Hi all, I am trying to get gnome (default in tty7) and xfce (in tty1) to run at the sametime. I got as far as launching another x server session and xfce4 with the following command:

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-21 Thread yudi v
Yes.  See my earlier post.  That is exactly what I do.  In each of the accounts on my box startx is aliased to one of the commands that I mentioned.  This starts up a new X session on the specified vt.  By specifying the vt in the startx command I know that my session is always on vt7, my

Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-20 Thread yudi v
Hi all, I am trying to get gnome (default in tty7) and xfce (in tty1) to run at the sametime. I got as far as launching another x server session and xfce4 with the following command: startx startxfce4 -- :1 There are couple of issues I am trying to resolve: 1. when I switch back to tty7 X