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kentkentkent

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Registered: 2015-09-22

Posts: 12

Can I run GNOME in two simultaneous X sessions?

Hello Arch Forums!

I use my PC as a desktop and a HTPC. By default, these are both read as one X DISPLAY. Since I need to use DISPLAY variables, I went under the Nvidia control panel to have a DISPLAY variable for each monitor. Now when I'm logged into GNOME my second display barely works (details in screenshots), but works fine in XFCE.

It doesn't even look like there's a desktop environment running on my second monitor in GNOME.

GNOME worked fine on both monitors before I went for the individual X DISPLAYs. Is there a way to have the two DISPLAYs behave as they were when they were one, but still allow me to use DISPLAY variables?

Here are some screenshots to show what I mean.

boban_dj

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Registered: 2015-03-17

Posts: 150

Re: Can I run GNOME in two simultaneous X sessions?

Hi you should have a look at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I3
You can set it up as a combination session: i3 with xfce4 for example.
Its maybe completely different setup, but judging from your image it is eventually the better way to work.

Last edited by boban_dj (2015-10-10 06:26:22)