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Old 06-29-2011, 03:19 PM   #1
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separate X sessions... How too?

Does anybody know if there is a tutorial or how to on enable ling separate X sessions with dual monitors in slackware?

In rhel all I have to do is enable it under the nvidia-settings... In slackware it does not work that well... to what I understand you have to configure a separate x session...

Is there a light down the rabbit hole?

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Old 06-29-2011, 04:38 PM   #2
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separate x sessions as in each one has it's own login screen?
perhaps what you are looking for is a 'multi seat' arrangement?
http://blog.chris.tylers.info/index....11R6.97.0.html
 
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separate x sessions as in each one has it's own login screen?
perhaps what you are looking for is a 'multi seat' arrangement?
http://blog.chris.tylers.info/index....11R6.97.0.html
frieza thanks for the reply but thats not what I am looking for. I am looking for each of my screens (Dual Monitor) to have each its independent desktop.
I can archive this in any other distro by enabling "Separate X Screen" in the nvidia utility. In slackware when I do that I get a black screen in my secondary monitor. I was told that I was getting a black screen because slackware requires extra tweaking to get separate x screen enabled.
 
Old 06-29-2011, 06:50 PM   #4
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Does anybody know if there is a tutorial or how to on enable ling separate X sessions with dual monitors in slackware?

In rhel all I have to do is enable it under the nvidia-settings... In slackware it does not work that well... to what I understand you have to configure a separate x session...
TIA!
What does not work well? As you pointed out, you can set this option with with nvidia-settings. I went with TwinView but played with separate X for an hour or so and didn't notice anything weird. Which DE/WM are you using?
 
Old 06-29-2011, 08:45 PM   #5
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What does not work well? As you pointed out, you can set this option with with nvidia-settings. I went with TwinView but played with separate X for an hour or so and didn't notice anything weird. Which DE/WM are you using?
Well when I enable all I get is a black screen.... I can move the cursor in it but I dont get a desktop.... All I get is just a black screen.

I am using KDE/Slackware 13.1 with visual effects enable.

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Old 06-30-2011, 02:30 AM   #6
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That doesn't seem to play well with KDE.

I set my system up the same way but use Fluxbox to achieve the independent desktops.
 
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I find KDE and separate X sessions works better with this is in ~/.kde/share/config/kcmdisplayrc
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[X11]
disableMultihead=true
Once I have KDE running, then this command will start Windowmaker in a separate X session on my second display
Quote:
wmaker -display :0.1
To use xfce, I need to Ctrl-Alt-F[2-6] to get another console, then login as another user. I then do 'startx -- :1' to start a xfce session (previously set with xwmconfig). I can then use Ctrl-Alt-F[7-8] to toggle between the two desktop environments.
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Old 06-30-2011, 09:40 AM   #8
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I find KDE and separate X sessions works better with this is in ~/.kde/share/config/kcmdisplayrc


Once I have KDE running, then this command will start Windowmaker in a separate X session on my second display


To use xfce, I need to Ctrl-Alt-F[2-6] to get another console, then login as another user. I then do 'startx -- :1' to start a xfce session (previously set with xwmconfig). I can then use Ctrl-Alt-F[7-8] to toggle between the two desktop environments.
Thanks for the tip. I am going to try it in a few min.
 
Old 06-30-2011, 10:49 AM   #9
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I find KDE and separate X sessions works better with this is in ~/.kde/share/config/kcmdisplayrc


Once I have KDE running, then this command will start Windowmaker in a separate X session on my second display


To use xfce, I need to Ctrl-Alt-F[2-6] to get another console, then login as another user. I then do 'startx -- :1' to start a xfce session (previously set with xwmconfig). I can then use Ctrl-Alt-F[7-8] to toggle between the two desktop environments.
While that did work how can I get another kde session in my secondary screen?

Thanks!
 
Old 06-30-2011, 01:00 PM   #10
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You can't. Not really, anyway. KDE4 does not support separate screens. You could try "DISPLAY=:0.1 kwin &" to get the window manager running, but I think starting plasma is going to be quite problematic.
 
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Old 06-30-2011, 01:29 PM   #11
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Ah! That explains why it works on gnome and not kde

Thanks adam.
 
Old 06-30-2011, 02:19 PM   #12
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Actually, as of gnome3, it no longer works. Gnome crashes instead.

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