On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 18:46, Bo Peng wrote: > Hi, > > I was looking for some way that let me have multiple independent log in > sessions. For example, a root session in text mode, a user session in X > mode and ways to switch between them. Logging out one of them does not > affect others. Is there a way to do this? > Try "CTRL-ALT-F1" and you can replace the F1 with any F up to 6 for text logins. and F7 is usually your first X-desktop.
> During the search, I find GNU screen. I was confused by its manual. What > is this application for? Can anyone tell me a scenario that it is > useful (than a normal terminal)? If you have X-windows you can always launch multiple X-terms. You can even have more than one session of X-windows running at a time. The first one will be on Display 0 (CTRL-ALT-F7) The next will be on DISPLAY 1 (CTRL-ALT-F8) and so on. Screen is usefull if you have a single text based terminal window, or if you want to kick of interactive jobs and then disconnect from the terminal and reconnect to the machine from somewhere else and reconnect to the interractive session. You can also do the same thing as screen, but with X-windows using vncserver -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
