> On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, Gustav Schaffter wrote:
> > 
> > > I'd like to run X as myself on tty7 and run X as a different user in
> > > for instance tty8.
> > 
> > Run:
> > 
> >         startx -- :1
> > 
> > where 1 can actually be any number other than whatever's already
> > running. :) The following function may suffice for you, if placed in your
> > .bashrc file.
> > 
> > x ()
> > {
> >     case $(tty|head --bytes 8|tail --bytes 3) in
> >         tty)
> >             startx -- :$(tty|head --bytes 11|tail --bytes 2)
> >         ;;
> >         pts)
> >             echo "You can't run this from inside X Windows!"
> >         ;;
> >     esac
> > }

I must be doing something wrong because I cannot get multiple sessions running
with the command up top there.  I startx normally then hit ctrl-alt-f2 to login
again, then type startx -- :1 and my system locks up tight.  Any suggestions? 
Thanks!

-- 
Darian

"AOL - So easy, no wonder people are idiots"


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