[CLUE-Tech] multiple graphical logins

[Bill Gjestvang]

If you're running gdm, I have two suggestions:

I believe (though I haven't tested) that in gdm.conf, in the
  [servers]
section, you can just add a line:
  1=Standard
(You should already have on that says "0=Standard".)

Secondly, there is a very cool little program called "gdmflexiserver".  If
you run that while logged into an X session (doesn't have to be gnome), it
will launch a new gdm instance on another screen.  My wife and I use it
all the time, since we both use the same computer.
I'm running kde 3.2.1 on Gentoo, and it shows up in the KDE menu under
"System" as "New login".  There's also "New login in a nested window",
which is actually the command "gdmflexiserver --xnest", which gives you a
whole new gdm login and your desktop of choice within an ordinary window
of your current WM.
You switch between them like normal, CTRL-ALT-F8 or CTRL-ALT-F7.  Also,
you need this set up in your gdm.conf, though in mine it was on by
default.  In "[server-Standard]", you need "flexible=true", and in
"[daemon]", you need "FlexibleXServers=5"
-Bill Gjestvang

Angelo Bertolli said:
>
> For two days now I've been trying to remember how to add an extra
> graphical terminal on my computer (at F8).  I had done this before, but
> it took up too many resources, so I changed it back.  Although not
> totally useful, I'd still like to know how I did it...  I keep looking
> at inittab, I remember there's a line in a file somewhere under /etc
> where you can change the number of graphical terminals.
>
> Can anyone give me a pointer?
>
> Angelo