Buddha Buck wrote: > > > > > > Is it possible to start an X session from the shell? > > > > yes. type "startx" at the command line, as any user, and the machine is > > transformed. you can end with alt-ctl-backspace. > > > > > Also, does X allow multiple sessions at once? > > > > what do you mean by this. you can have multiple windows open. type > > "xterm &" to launch an extra xterm, for example. Or you can log in from > > another x-capable machine and open windows. > > > Or, if you are desparate and foolish enough (and have a lot of memory), > you -can- run multiple X servers on different virtual consoles. I've > done this in the past. I don't recommend it. >
The command I use to do this is: X :1.0 -query <hostname> For even more replace :1.0 with :2.0 etc. I've used it occasionally so that I can don't have to reconfigure my machine (which boots into X) to run an X session on a remote machine as well as a session on my local machine. I hope this helps. Chris
