On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:59:24AM -0700, George Gambill wrote:
> The other day I used SSH to log into a remote (local on the lan)
> computer as user (not root) and wound up at the command line. This
> box normally boots to the KDE login screen and was setting there
> waiting for a login.
>
> I wanted to make changes to the properties of an Icon on user's
> desktop. I issued "startx" and it failed. I think Linux only likes
> one GUI (KDE) running at a time. If true, the failure makes sense.
You are correct in saying that only one window manager may run on a
given X server at a time.
There may be a simpler way of doing this, but here is my shot at it:
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Edit your local .xinitrc to contain only: "exec xterm"
`startx -- :1` to start a new X window server on a new virtual
terminal. At this point, Ctl-Alt-F7 and Ctl-Alt-F8 usually switch
between the original X session and the new one, respectively. If not,
try terminals eight and nine.
You should now see an xterm without a window manager. SSH into the
remote computer and issue startx.
When you are finished, either close the original xterm window or use
the key sequence Ctl-Alt-Backspace to close the second X server.
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Good luck!
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