Multiple X sessions

Multiple X sessions were possible with 2 (or more) different users in Suse. You would click 'start new session' while in KDE, and a login screen would come up - then a different user could log in. You could switch between the sessions by hitting ctrl-alt-F7 for the first, ctrl-atl-F8 for the second and so on.

So here in slackware, I press ctrl-alt-F2 and login under a different user. I type:


startx --:1 and this is my error:

Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.

When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org.

I get the same error if I try it the way I described above, or I just do it from the console without going to the 2nd (ctrl-alt-F2).

Since I have a dual-head card (Xinerama = true) , I have tried startx --:2 thinking that maybe the 2 monitors took up monitor 0 and 1 - no luck.


I have X version 4.4.0. Slackware 9.1, and KDE 3.2.2. Hope that give you enough info. Thanks a lot - tw

well try startx -- :1.1 but at your own risk lol

I did it with gdm, but had to start gnome to do it..

getting there.... any help though would be appreciated...

It is very possible.. With xandros linux they made an addon for kde that allows you to switch users (multiple sessions)

Originally posted by tw001_tw Multiple X sessions were possible with 2 (or more) different users in Suse. You would click 'start new session' while in KDE, and a login screen would come up - then a different user could log in. You could switch between the sessions by hitting ctrl-alt-F7 for the first, ctrl-atl-F8 for the second and so on. So here in slackware, I press ctrl-alt-F2 and login under a different user. I type: startx --:1 and this is my error: Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org. I get the same error if I try it the way I described above, or I just do it from the console without going to the 2nd (ctrl-alt-F2). Since I have a dual-head card (Xinerama = true) , I have tried startx --:2 thinking that maybe the 2 monitors took up monitor 0 and 1 - no luck. I have X version 4.4.0. Slackware 9.1, and KDE 3.2.2. Hope that give you enough info. Thanks a lot - tw

Your error is that you don't have a space between the -- and the :, so it should be

startx -- :1

I can open up multiple X sessions that way, but when I try to go from :1 to :0 (I'm in TTY8 or whatever, and hit CTRL+ALT+F7), then my whole system hangs, I can't even turn on or off caps lock or numlock. I'm guessing it's either XFree86 4.3.0 or it's my ATI drivers. As soon as I find these elusive X.org packages for Slackware, then I'll see if it's XFree86 or not.

Anyone made a plugin to allow users to switch sessions in kde and to switch then as a differnt user what i mean is where i click new session and it lets me choose which user i want to switch to in the new session.. And then where i click switch user to get another choice of which user to switch back to..

Yeah with a 3d effect with opengl

thanks r_jenson11 for pointing out the space... I found that reference many places, but nothing ever mentioned a space that I found.

got it working and I can swithc bakc and forth between users (ctrl-alt-F7 and ctrl-alt-F8, I am guessing I can add a third, but 2 is cool, thats all I really need.

And a follow up question for iotc247:

" Anyone made a plugin to allow users to switch sessions in kde..... "

Anyone?? do you have a link to the plugin you are refering too??

it was a questions tw.. Like anyone made a plugin to allow users to switch sessions in kde???? i just dont like using question marks for everything...

If you're using gdm, you can start a second X session while logged in with the command gdmflexiserver

I haven't tried it in KDE, only GNOME, but I can't see why it shouldn't work.