Yep- thanks Simon. I knew that you could change user from the command line--I do it often for "root" of course (dumb me). Is there a way then of doing it XP style--where you can actually have your desktop (ie graphically) without logging out? Thanks again! Paul
On Friday 15 February 2002 10:36 am, Paul Munro wrote:
Yep- thanks Simon. I knew that you could change user from the command line--I do it often for "root" of course (dumb me). Is there a way then of doing it XP style--where you can actually have your desktop (ie graphically) without logging out?
Thanks again!
Paul
One possibility is to have more than one X running. Normally X display :0 is on virtual screen 7. You can (I believe) have :1 on screen 8 and :2 on screen 9. I believe that it depends to some extent on which video card you have -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000
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On Friday 15 February 2002 10:36 am, Paul Munro wrote:
Yep- thanks Simon. I knew that you could change user from the command line--I do it often for "root" of course (dumb me). Is there a way then of doing it XP style--where you can actually have your desktop (ie graphically) without logging out?
Thanks again!
Paul
One possibility is to have more than one X running.
Normally X display :0 is on virtual screen 7. You can (I believe) have :1 on screen 8 and :2 on screen 9.
I believe that it depends to some extent on which video card you have
I'm not aware of the video card being much of a limiting factor in doing this. -- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763
Paul Munro
Yep- thanks Simon. I knew that you could change user from the command line--I do it often for "root" of course (dumb me). Is there a way then of doing it XP style--where you can actually have your desktop (ie graphically) without logging out?
If you run VNC, on Linux it creates one or more "displays" that exist, but are not on a physical screen. You can then attach to these screens using a VNC client, and later detach and leave them running. This means that you could for instance (security setup permitting) start a session in your office, wander around to a colleague's, and pop the still running session up on their screen, revert to theirs, go home, dial in and continue editing the file you created before you initially left your office. Likewise, you can have several simultaneous displays on a single machine, and flip between the sessions, or even display multiple sessions in windows on one screen --- obviously each session is independent, so can be logged in as whoever you like. I've no idea what you are trying to achieve, but if the setup overhead if justified VNC might do the trick for you. Cheers, Phil. -- Say no to software patents! http://petition.eurolinux.org/ |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] http://www.hands.com/ |-| HANDS.COM Ltd. http://www.uk.debian.org/ |(| 10 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, London E18 1NE ENGLAND
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