I was trying to achieve Windows XP style "Fast User Switching" using multiple Xwindows screens, similar to what Xandros does.
I am satisfied with what I achieved (bellow), but would like to perfect it further (further bellow).
Rules:
1. I run strictly GUI, no tty logins followed by startx -- :1 would satisfy.
2. My preferred stream is KDM > KDE.
What I achieved:
As suggested on
this excellent site I put the following 2 lines into my /opt/kde/share/conf/kdm/Xservers file
Code:
:0 local /usr/bin/X11/X :0 vt7
:1 local /usr/bin/X11/X :1 vt8
Now 2 KDMs start, one on vt7 (CTRL+ALT+F7), the other on vt8 (CTRL+ALT+F8). This way i can work as normal user on default vt7, and have my wife or me with root log in on vt8 without logging out off on vt7.
The "HOW DO I...?" portion
1. Xandros somehow allows switching vt's using a menu or a button or something... Any one knows where to get it? I skimmed Freshmeat and Sourceforge without luck.
2. This present set up is wasteful and unflexible.
a. It runs an extra KDM which is good to have, but unneeded most of the time.
b. only allows for 2 logins. More logins require hand tweaking and more mostly unused KDM.
I imagine a system where KDM starts on vt4 for example, and instead of exiting and replacing itself with KDE session I would prefer it to stay on vt4 and open a new X session on vt5. If I want more users, I would CTRL+ALT+F4 and log in one more user, who would go to next available vt. This way I would get, no wasteful KDMs sitting for no reason, and numerous log in flexibility. Any ideas on how to approach this?