multiple KDE sessions

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Mon Nov 22 16:53:07 UTC 2004


On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 07:41:18PM +0100, fmdf at tiscali.it wrote:
> is it possible to run multiple KDE or GNOME sessions with different users on 
> the same Fedora2 Linux box? If yes, how to start  them? Please, take note 
> that I start X automatically with run level 5. Do I have to change this 
> default?

This is actually super-easy, although not obvious. Edit the config file
/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf, and find the section like this near the end of the
file:

[servers]
# These are the standard servers.  You can add as many you want here
# and they will always be started.  Each line must start with a unique
# number and that will be the display number of that server.  Usually just
# the 0 server is used.
0=Standard
#1=Standard

Then, uncomment that second line, so you have

0=Standard
1=Standard

and restart GDM. (sudo init 3; sudo init 5)

Then, when GDM restarts, you'll have one login screen on (by default) the
virtual console on ctrl-alt-f7, and another on ctrl-alt-f8.

You may also want to edit some things in /etc/security/console.perms, to
share sound card access, etc.


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