Re: More than one xserver?

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@xxxxxxxxx>]

Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> On 07/06/2008 07:27:05 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
> > > What's the right way to run more than one X server?
> > >
> > > There don't seem to be any hooks in the /etc/init.d/*dm
> > > scripts.  (I thought maybe there'd be something in
> > > /etc/default/, at least for gdm which IIRC has some
> > > hooks for different configuration settings for different
> > > DISPLAYs.)
> >
> > I run 2 xservers for two displays/keyboards/mice:
> >
> > http://wiki.debian.org/Multi_Seat_Debian_HOWTO
>
> Thanks.  That's what I was looking for.  I couldn't
> figure out how to start 2 servers automatically.
> (It's that grody .ini config file format.  Is .ini
> even documented anywhere?)
>
> Why step 2, make softlinks to the X command?

http://www.linux.com/base/ldp/howto/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/sym_links.html


> What if I didn't want to use a *dm?  On one DISPLAY
> I want to go straight to the *dm of a remote box,
> and on the other, the one used for a copy machine,
> I don't want to authenticate at all.  A *dm seems
> a bit overkill, I _could_ just run X and startX
> directly.  Are there any out-of-the-box solutions
> or should I just use inittab?

How would you use startx on monitors other than the first one that has 
the console output?

Hugo







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