Hi... Heh! Binding ANYTHING over Ctrl-Alt-F? is NOT recommended. :P
Alex On Mon, 20 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 18:49:41 -0500 (EST) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: 2 Xsessions?, 2 graphics cards? > Resent-Date: 20 Jul 1998 23:44:11 -0000 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (21 Jul) > | On 20-Jul-98 Stuart Marshall wrote: > | > Is there some way to run more than one X session on my debian PC? > | > > | > Ideally I would do something like run an 8-bit depth xdm session > | > that logged me into a remote sun computer and a second X session > | > that is 16-bit depth that is my local session. If it requires a > | > second video card it is no problem. I would then be able to switch > | > between the two sessions via ALT-F7, ALT-F8 or something. > | > | The following should do what I think you're asking for: > | > | With no X up at all, > | > | 1. From your local machine (say on tty1) do > | > | startx -- -bpp 16 & > | > | This should start a 16-bit X session on your local machine (on VT-7). Now > | do Alt-F1 to get back to tty1. > | > | 2. Still from your local machine, and from tty1, do > | > | startx -- :1 -bpp 8 & > | > | This should start an 8-bit X session on your local machine (on VT-8). You > | should be able to switch between them using Alt-F8, Alt-F7. The ":1" must be > | the FIRST thing following the "--". > > Actually when in X you need to use Ctrl-Alt-F? to switch from an X > display. As long as you haven't bound window mangager bindings over it. > > | > | 3. From the second (8-bit) session on VT-8, telnet to the Sun machine. Then > you > | should be able to do what you want. (You won't be able to cut&paste between > the > | two different sessions however, and you can only see one of them at once). > | > > I haven't tried it but there is a Debian package propsel that allows > propagating selections between displays. I don't know if it is just > for multiheaded displays or not. The package is only 8.8k so no biggy > to download. > > Brian > -- > Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
