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Kane

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Registered: 2006-10-08

Posts: 220

Separate Xorg Configs for each user?

Hey guys,
Im just wondering, is it possible to have separate xorg configs for each different user?
e.g. For one user i might have dual screens setup, but for another user maybe i just want them to use a single screen.

Is this possible?

Anyone able to point me in the right direction?

Cheers
Kane

dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: Separate Xorg Configs for each user?

i guess u can since the file which sets all these lies in $HOME/.xinitrc

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Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Separate Xorg Configs for each user?

You need to specifie different server layouts in xorg.conf
For my laptop, I have the following:

# layout pour laptop seulement
# Start it with
# startx -- -layout Laptop
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Laptop"
        Screen         0 "Screen0"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
        InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

# layout pour ecran LCD 1280x1024
# Start it with
# startx -- -layout LCD
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "LCD"
        Screen         1 "Screen1"
        Screen         0 "Screen0"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
        InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

# Xinerama server layout
# Start it with
# startx -- -layout Xinerama
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Xinerama"
        Screen         0 "Screen0"
        Screen         1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
        InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
        Option         "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection

You specify the layout you want when running startx, e.g. I use
startx -- -layout Xinerama
when I want to use xinerama dual display.

skymt

Member

Registered: 2006-11-27

Posts: 443

Re: Separate Xorg Configs for each user?

You specify the layout you want when running startx, e.g. I use
startx -- -layout Xinerama
when I want to use xinerama dual display.

This can be combined with the .xserverrc file to do what Kane was looking for. Here's an example:

#~/.xserverrc
exec /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -nolisten tcp -layout Xinerama

Last edited by skymt (2007-07-28 20:52:02)