Linux at Work - Long

[KevinO]

Logan Kennelly wrote:
> 1) The ability to change graphical users (locally) without logging the 
> original user out.  

Two methods :

1) Type :
   $ su <username>
   in a terminal window and then execute as that user from there.

2) Go back to a virtual console and login as the new user. Then you can use
   $ startx -- :1
   and start a second X session as that user. The first GUI should be on
   <CRTL><ALT><F7> and the second one on <CTRL><ALT><F8>. Parameters after the
   '--' are passed on to the server. I have been able to run gnome, KDE and
   Xfce at the same time this way. The ':1' tells the server to use the second
   display and leave the one currently running alone.

There should be a way to make this work using Xtart, startkde, startgnome etc. 
but I don't know how. I get 'don't own console' errors .



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KevinO

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