Can I've more than 6 virt consoles (and can I launch more than 2 GUIs simultaneosly)?

kornerr · 02-22-2005, 12:13 PM

Can I have more than 6 virtual consoles (and can I launch more than 2 GUIs simultaneously)?
About GUIs. I can only launch the two. One running 'startx', another running 'kdm' or 'gdm'. I can't run 'kdm', or 'gdm' more than once. Please, tell me where and what to write.
Thanks.

Matir · 02-22-2005, 12:18 PM

kdm or gdm's configuration can be altered to permit more GUIs, though, depending on your system, it may become taxing to run so many X servers.

kornerr · 02-22-2005, 12:22 PM

Thanks. I'm gonna read 'man gdm' right now!

oneandoneis2 · 02-22-2005, 12:42 PM

startx can run as many GUI's as your system can support - usually six

The command
startx -- :0
will start a GUI on the first console, then :1 will start a second, and so on. .

kornerr · 02-22-2005, 10:49 PM

Yeah, that works, 1&1is2. Thanks. But I can start them only within F7-F12. Can I assign more keys for this purpose? And I wasn't answered yet how to use more than 6 virtual consoles... Any suggestion?
Thanks.

oneandoneis2 · 02-23-2005, 05:12 AM

Yes, it's possible, but I can't rmemeber how off the top of my head.

The main problem you face is that there are only 12 function keys, so to switch to screen 13+ you'll need to assign more keys. I have about 20 function keys assigned on my PC thanks to xmodmap and xev, but I don't know that that'll help much in this situation.

And why do you want one computer to have more than a dozen different sessions at once? If you just need more sessions for multitasking purposes, the "screen" console application and a multiple-screen window manager would be a far easier option. . .

kornerr · 02-24-2005, 02:33 AM

Thanks, oneandoneis2. C U