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RufusD

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Registered: 2010-03-21

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[SOLVED] XFCE4: how to start another X session?

Hi there!
I recently dumped KDE4 in favor of XFCE. Now the question is: if user A is logged in, how can user B start another X session to log in? In KDE's kickoff, there was this handy entry "Start new session", which I'm missing in XFCE (I'm still using kdm to log in).
Is there any way to get another session? Maybe if I replace kdm as well?
Alternatively: Is there a way to start (right at powerup) one login manager on TTY7 and another one on TTY8? Currently I've got kdm in my DAEMONS array, maybe there's a way by using some xinitrc magic?

Best wishes,
Rufus

Last edited by RufusD (2011-07-10 15:28:28)

moetunes

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Re: [SOLVED] XFCE4: how to start another X session?

I don't use a *dm to login just run startx so to start another X session I go to tty2 and login and run

startx -- :1 

if ~/.xinitrc is setup it should work for you too.
(It's been that long since I've used a *dm to login with I've forgotten if they use .xinitrc or not...)

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ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED] XFCE4: how to start another X session?

I don't use a *dm to login just run startx so to start another X session I go to tty2 and login and run

startx -- :1 

if ~/.xinitrc is setup it should work for you too.
(It's been that long since I've used a *dm to login with I've forgotten if they use .xinitrc or not...)

I'm not sure, but I think that should be

startx -- :2 

if you are starting a second X session, :3 for the third, etc...

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RufusD

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Registered: 2010-03-21

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Re: [SOLVED] XFCE4: how to start another X session?

I've found this guy, who claims having solved it by using gdm instead of kdm: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … e4-522929/
However, I don't see how "that gives xfce this functionality". Any ideas?

brebs

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Re: [SOLVED] XFCE4: how to start another X session?

second X session

The numbering starts at zero, which is why we have the classic /var/log/Xorg.0.log

RufusD

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Registered: 2010-03-21

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Re: [SOLVED] XFCE4: how to start another X session?

So what is it about gdm? Would it be possible to start two instances of gdm? I've tried slim, but it loads, like, 4 times slower than kdm, so I decided not to get into it. xdm fails to log me in at all (same bug as here), so gdm is about the last chance I got

RufusD

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Re: [SOLVED] XFCE4: how to start another X session?

Alright, got it! Turns out the solution was all too easy: every user can call

kdmctl reserve

to summon a second instance of kdm. So there's no need to muck with the boot up process...