> * Matthew Miller <znggqz@xxxxxxxxxx> [2004-07-01 01:15:10 -0400]: > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:09:48AM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote: >> my wife and I each log in on one's own virtual console and start X with >> "startx". each has one's own X window session, and we can switch >> between them with C-M-f7 and C-M-f8 (obviously, we take turns using the > > What about using GDM instead of 'startx'? That's what my wife and I do, and > it's incredibly trivial to set up -- edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf, and find > the line that says '0=Standard' and add a '1=Standard" right after. I tried it, and the thing went berserk starting and restarting servers. When eventually the conflict settled down, I got two virtual consoles with X server running on them: blank screens with "X" mouse pointer and _nothing_ else - no desktop, no menus, no way to login or starts gnome &c. >> monitor/keyboard, but we do not need to logout to let the other use the >> computer). I had to do some tricks to enable both of us to use >> audio/video &c: I created a group "sound", added both of us to it, and >> did "chgrp sound, chmod g+rw" for the audio devices. This worked OK >> (although each upgrade and reboot reset ownership and permissions). > > To make this persistant across reboots, check out the file > /etc/security/console.perms. indeed, removing this file did help. thanks! I wish it could be modified to set group ownership/permissions instead of user ownership/permissions. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k <http://www.camera.org> <http://www.iris.org.il> <http://www.memri.org/> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> <http://www.honestreporting.com> A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
