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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Setup for two graphical logins on one machine
From:       Robin Atwood <robin.atwood () attglobal ! net>
Date:       2010-11-04 12:50:23
Message-ID: 201011041950.24446.robin.atwood () attglobal ! net
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On Thursday 04 November 2010, Albert Hopkins wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 12:53 +0100, Markus Oehme wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> > 
> > I've got a somewhat exotic wish: I want to have two graphical logins on
> > my box. Currently I'm using /etc/init.d/xdm to start slim which in turn
> > starts an XFce session after login. All of this happens on vt7
> > (reachable via ctrl-alt-f7). Now I wish for a second graphical login on
> > vt8.
> > What I currently hope for is a way to tell /etc/init.d/xdm to start two
> > instances of slim, one on vt7 and one on vt8. Bonus points if the second
> > instance of slim starts a fluxbox session instead of an XFce session upon
> > login. Do you think this is possible?

AFAIK, you must poke around in /etc/X11/ where the xserver config files are. 
XAccess seems to ring a bell! I have kdm here which does it all in one big 
kdmrc file, so I can't tell you exactly.

HTH
-Robin
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