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Date:      Mon, 30 Apr 2018 19:17:29 +0700
From:      Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
To:        "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Alternative to x11/gnome3 ?
Message-ID:  <20180430121729.GA16523@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20180430070843.6ddffc999f02d2fc9e1cc7d2@sohara.org>
References:  <20180429140256.GA8201@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180429224951.537940ad.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180430044253.GA14278@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180430070646.58320fbd.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180430052322.GA14629@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180430070843.6ddffc999f02d2fc9e1cc7d2@sohara.org>

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Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> 
> > It surprises me however that nobody has stepped forward and said "I run
> > two local X-servers", or "I use user switching all the time with XXX" - 
> > why is that?
> 
> 	I don't do it now, but I have run multiple X servers using startx
> and switching with Alt-F<n>., IIRC the only required magic was to give each
> server a distinct number.

No, thanks, startx won't do, I need user authentication to access the
session.

I have tried running several local X-servers from xdm but for some
reason the second server would not start.

-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
AS43859



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