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hythl0day
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 Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 1:10 pm Post subject: how to make kdm or xdm start on several displays. |
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how to make kdm or xdm start on several displays.
This is how to make xdm or kdm start up login screens on more than one display (ie ctrl-alt-f7/f8):
- xdm: have a look at /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config. There should be a line like "DisplayManager.servers: /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers". Open this file. It will probably consist of one line, ":0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X". Add the argument "vt7" onto the end of it, and then add the line ":1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 vt8" below it.
Go back to /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config, and change all the display-0 specific settings to wildcards - for example DisplayManager._0.setup to DisplayManager*setup.
Now restart xdm, and you'll have two login displays that you can switch between with ctrl-alt-f7 and ctrl-alt-f8.
- kdm is even easier. Go into /usr/kde/3.1/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and make sure it's got the line "Xservers=/usr/kde/3.1/share/config/kdm/Xservers" in it. If it hasn't, or if it's different, add or change it. Then open the file /usr/kde/3.1/share/config/kdm/Xservers, and change the two lines above, exactly as in the xdm configuration. Now go back to /usr/kde/3.1/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and make sure it has the lines [X-:1-Core] and [X-:1-Greeter] in it. Then save and restart kdm, and you're done!
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apokalyptik
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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for the sake of being thorough, gdm is extremely easy
edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
look for '[servers]' and you should see
| Code: | # These are the standard servers. You can add as many you want here
# and they will always be started. Each line must start with a unique
# number and that will be the display number of that server. Usually just
# the 0 server is used.
0=Standard
#1=Standard
# Note the VTAllocation and FirstVT keys on linux. Don't add any vt<number>
# arguments if VTAllocation is on, and set FirstVT to be the first vt
# available that your gettys don't grab (gettys are usually dumb and grab
# even a vt that has already been taken). Using 7 will work pretty much for
# all linux distributions. VTAllocation is not currently implemented on
# anything but linux since I don't own any non-linux systems. Feel free to
# send patches. X servers will just not get any extra arguments then.
#
#Note: If you want to run an X terminal you could add an X server such as this
#0=Terminal -query serverhostname
# or for a chooser (optionally serverhostname could be localhost)
#0=Terminal -indirect serverhostname |
uncomment "#1=Standard" or add however many you want, into that section... e.g:
| Code: | # number and that will be the display number of that server. Usually just
# the 0 server is used.
0=Standard
1=Standard
2=Standard
# Note the VTAllocation and FirstVT keys on linux. Don't add any vt<number> |
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