open up "/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers" on the last line, you should see this: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X add the following after that: :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 :2 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :2 :3 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :3 etc, etc, etc.... jspinti at dart.dartdist.com wrote: >Over the weekend I was reading all kinds of reviews about Win XP >and its ability to allow multiple logins. This was advertised as >some great advance...the other session was not suspended or closed, >but backgrounded until the person logged back in. The person who >was currently the foreground session had priority, etc. > >Now, here's the point. I have 5 people who use my machines at >home and Linux has 6 consoles. I run Mandrake 8.0 and usually >KDE (that's part of the rub, more than one gui). I know it is >possible to run multiple X sessions on a single machine and >bounce between them with ctl-alt-F7 - F12. How can I set up >each user's environment so that they would default to a >different X session from anyone else? Then I would have the >same "new" functionality that XP claims it is innovating, >but would not need to run out and upgrade all my machines' >memory and processors and pay the big $$$ for XP, etc... > >This could be a cool hack to publish somewhere in some HOW-TO, >unless it already exists?? > >Thanks, > >James Spinti >jspinti at dartdist.com >952-368-3278 x396 >fax 952-368-3255 >_______________________________________________ >tclug-list mailing list >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >