-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/19/2014 08:20 AM, Richard Hector wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm wondering if it would help me to have 2 potentially simultaneous > logins on my computer, one for private use and one for work (I'm working > from home). That would give me 2 home directories, 2 icedove profiles > etc etc. > > To that end, does anyone know if it's possible to have 2 instances of > gdm (or whatever display manager) start at boot, so I can log in to them > independently? Actually, I can't think of any reason it wouldn't be > possible, so does anyone have any tips on how?
Hi -- I can confirm this works on stable with xfce and lightdm to do exactly that: ~$ sudo adduser richard-work Then ctrl-alt-F1 [F2, etc]; login as richard-work; Then ~$ DISPLAY=:1 startx -- :1 # launches your 2nd display manager session Switch between X sessions with ctrl-alt-F7 / F8 keys (for me). Regards, Ralph -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTei2JAAoJECe2FpioHXO6XrUH/1he5e4bEmmr3nz0R/15EC42 dC9W/BDlB5N9+UWKO3jdFVS+IU7Sah+8cRJDhNQ8GXpbWUFEkygk6u3Bv4Ek/TRs buZJa6ENmzPwEKVsdcNCPCuvv6Aq2Dq+ZSOIxsF/3ZiDq2NOw4NhSD0u9kKroNzX rPKz9jWnuINZVIE8gZfXOKm55kRk8nl+1tSnzAn3i3GWRDdxWUulNbBlkdISh4wQ HiAbBnQtL95UTw5/ctzzncJPVaEOurLl5l+BexJWqDDX4wog9OFXETKx92hNbytx hlfStvKtDjth5ikny99qK5qhOkgi7wbnTIX6fHSGiEerwmW6IfGYYOsJUMQm+/4= =rFaA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/537a2d96.2050...@rcn.com
