Is what you want "multi-seat" rather than "multi-user"?
e.g., http://www.linuxtoys.org/multiseat/multiseat.html Lots on google. BillK On 14/7/21 6:56 am, antlists wrote: > On 13/07/2021 15:07, Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2021-07-12, Grant Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 7/12/21 2:21 PM, antlists wrote: >>>> Two problems - I would like to run without X, but it seems that the >>>> greeters need X to run ... >> >> Yes, they do. Why do you need a "greeter"? > > Well, most modern linux systems boot to a gui login screen, which, > aiui, is called a greeter ... >> >>> I'm not familiar with the term "greeter", but I assume that you're >>> referring to the display manager that functions as the GUI login >>> screen. >>> > Yup. >>> >>> Configuration may be ornery, but I would assume ~> expect that this is >>> possible to do. After all, you're really talking about having the >>> system function as two independent X11 servers, >> >> The OP explicitly stated he wants to run without X. AFAICT he wants >> two separte Linux consoles. I don't think that's possible. >> > Thing is, X is obsolete, so if I can have my system work without X > installed, that would be nice. If I have to install it, tough that's > the way it is. It just seems weird that you should still need X > installed to login if you want your system to be pure Wayland. > > But to describe my desire as "having two X servers running" is good > enough. I'd just rather it was two Wayland instances running. > > My previous setup was two PCs networked. But it took up too much > space, and because so much data was shared between me and my wife the > second PC effectively didn't use its hard disk for anything beyond the > OS (plus it was an old chip, an old PC basically). Hence my desire for > the curent setup to be a powerful, SINGLE PC, but from the user's POV > it looks like there are two PCs. > > Cheers, > Wol >
