Setting up multiple simultaneous sessions

[Simon Slater]

On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 21:55 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Simon Slater wrote:
> > Thanks Scott.
> > 	So if I were to go the KDE option, default gui begins at (ctr+alt)F7
> > access key position with the next session accessed with F8.  For
> > additional sessions does access continue to F12?  Can I set it to begin
> > at F1?
> > 
> > Simon
> > 
> If you edit /etc/inittab, you can change the number of VT's that are
> set up for CLI logins. Look for the section:
> # Run gettys in standard runlevels
> 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
> 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
> 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
> 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
> 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
> 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
> 
> Personally, I would leave VT1 as a CLI login, but change the rest so
> that they do not run in run level 5. Something like:
> 
> # Run gettys in standard runlevels
> 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
> 2:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
> 3:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
> 4:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
> 5:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
> 6:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
> 
> This will put the first GUI login on VT2, the second on VT3, and so
> forth when stating at run level 5. (Ctrl-Alt-F2 through F12.) Please
> keep in mind that this is only changing the number of CLI logins in
> run level 5, and that the changes in xdm, kdm, or gdm are what
> control the GUI logins. But because X normally grabs the first free
> VT, this will free up all except VT1.It can be handy to have one CLI
> login available at run level 5, especially if you need to change
> video modes as part of suspend/resume, or if you need to fix X.
> 
> Mikkel
> -- 
> 
>   Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
> for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
> 
Thanks Mikkel,
	That sound that's all I need until FC7 comes out. Just one thing, I'm
not completely up to speed with all the abbreviations and jargon on
mailing lists, CLI stands for ...

Regards
Simon