$ rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest xorg-x11-Xnest-6.8.2-1.EL.13.20
so "yum install xorg-x11-Xnest" should install Xnest.
The loginscreen ist a bit harder to get: in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf (if you use gdm) you have to change: [xdmcp] Enable=false
to
[xdmcp] Enable=true
and restart gdm or simply reboot Warning: restarting gdm will kill your current session Warning: with xdmcp enabled you will probably want to enable a firewall or everybody in the world will be able to get a loginscreen from your machine
Now you can start Xnest with something like $ Xnest :1 -query localhost where :1 ist the display number to use (:1 for the first, :2 for the second, etc.) and -query localhost tells Xnest to ask localhost for a login screen
Hope this helps.
Regards, Andreas
Am Mittwoch, den 28.12.2005, 08:11 -0500 schrieb Robert Moskowitz:
At 03:18 AM 12/28/2005, Andreas Rogge wrote:
Hello,
i don't know if this does the trick for you, but you can log on multiple times with different users by using Xnest.
And where is Xnest?
I found 'something' at: http://linux.s390.org/download/rpm2html/s390/XFree86-Xnest-3.3.5-3.s390.html
last build 4/00 ??
I also found this: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7298
but I can't get it to work. Well I can <cntl-alt> Fn
But I can't get a graphic manager started in any of them.
Even tried gnome-session in F1 window.
I also read: http://xwinman.org/basics.php
But I am not sure of what he is saying here.
Let me explain what this means and how it works: As X11 is network-capable you can simply turn your workstation into some kind of Terminal Server. There is Xnest, which is an XServer using your running instance of X as a display instead of a real graphics adapter. You can use Xnest to get another (windowed) X11-Session on your machine and log in with any user you like. These new sessions will be absolutely isolated. The number of sessions is only limited by your system-resources (i.e. oversized Memory won't hurt)
Regards, Andreas
Am Dienstag, den 27.12.2005, 14:14 -0500 schrieb Robert Moskowitz:
This all comes out of figuring out how I might run Evolution like
I run Eudora.
I see where Evolution places its data in a hidden directory: ~/.evolution
Now why it is felt necessary to put all of this stuff in hidden directories is beyond me.
So it would seem that Evolution is treating each useid as a personality for the logged in user.
Given the way Evolution organizes its data, I could create some more Linux users, and either:
Give my main user file permissions to them and somehow run copies of Evolution using those /home/user directories. Anyone know how to do that?
Or do I somehow have to have multiple simultaneous logins? And switch between them? I know there is a way to have 4 desktops....
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