hey,
i've just learnt how to make additional virtual console ( e.g pressing ctrl+alt+f8 ) by changing the /etc/inittab file. i was wondering if i can make another graphical one such as that on ctrl+alt+f7 ??
can i do that from /etc/inittab or its not possible to make it there?
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DimaYasny
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you can start another instance of X
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Thx for the help.
what i did is as following:
in the /etc/share/gdm/defaults.conf file, you will find
0=standard
#1=standardsimply i removed the comment sign next to the 1=standard and it then restartred using the gdm-restart command.
so now when pressing CTRL + ALT +F8, i get another graphical screen that differs from the default one.
oh i'm working in RedHat Enteprise 5
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I usually just do it at the command line when I want it. Not that you could tell with *nix, but it might help to conserve resources... it's fairly easy:
X :1 &
export DISPLAY=:1
startkde & # or gnome-session or somethinganother pretty easy way is to do it with startx, but you can't really mix and match gnome/kde/someother with this method: startx -- :1 &
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