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Date:      Mon, 18 Mar 1996 17:50:13 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        fenner@parc.xerox.com (Bill Fenner)
Cc:        pete@sms.fi, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: xdm runnign twice? possible?
Message-ID:  <199603190050.RAA22651@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <96Mar18.110913pst.177478@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> from "Bill Fenner" at Mar 18, 96 11:09:10 am

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> > > Hey, is it possible to have xdm running twice?
> >
> >Since the mouse driver is not virtualized enough to support multiple
> >users at a time, the answer is no.
> 
> I used to run X multiple times -- but not xdm.  If I tried running xdm on 
> multiple different TTY's, the system would hang, for an unknown reason.  If, 
> however, person A logged in and said "xinit" and person B logged in and said 
> "xinit -- :1", life was wonderful.
> 
> I guess I just got lucky with the mouse.  Can't say that I know why it worked, 
> just that it did and I was happy.  "his" and "hers" X sessions.  =)

This is what I assumed he meant.

Running xdm multiple times makes no sense.  One xdm can put logins
on all your displays if you tell your X server to send xdm requests
to get itself managed.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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