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#1 2008-11-04 20:11:01

mrcold
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Registered: 2008-01-24
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Two WMs at once

Is it possible to run two WMs at the same time, being able to switch between them like ttys?

I mainly use openbox, but occasionally do some things where tiling WMS would be nice, but i don't feel like restarting X to switch back and forth.

I have found some things on the net hinting that this might be possible, but i can't seem to figure it out.

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#2 2008-11-04 20:19:07

Procyon
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Re: Two WMs at once

What I always do:

Xorg -noreset :1 & (sleep 5; DISPLAY=:1 xterm) &

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#3 2008-11-04 20:37:08

Square
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Registered: 2008-06-11
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Re: Two WMs at once

You can start a separate X session on vt8 like this, and then use Ctrl+Alt+F8 to switch to it.

startx -- :1 vt8

and additional X sessions...

startx -- :2 vt9

 

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#4 2008-11-04 20:40:37

honahursey
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Registered: 2008-08-18
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Re: Two WMs at once

Also, look at the slim page in the wiki.  It has a configuration for logging into multiple wms if thats what your looking for.

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#5 2008-11-04 20:44:05

mrcold
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Re: Two WMs at once

thanks

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#6 2008-11-04 21:52:28

phabulosa
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Re: Two WMs at once

The easiest way to do this is to use "qingy".

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#7 2008-11-04 22:38:07

phrakture
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Re: Two WMs at once

Just throwing another option out there: You can also use Xephyr, which will launch an X session inside a window.

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