Bob St John wrote:
Folks,
I know about the "Alt-Cntl-Fx" sequence to get CLI logins from the FC3 GUI environment. In FC3, is there any way to get more than one GUI login active at the same time and then switch back and forth between them?
Look for the [servers] section in your /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf file. Uncomment the line that says "#1=Standard". At the next reboot, 2 X servers will be started, and you will get 2 GDM login screen on VT7 and VT8, and you can have 2 graphical logins and switch between them with CTRL-ALT-F7 and CTRL-ALT-F8. I had this working on my system quite satisfactorily. Some problems that you may encounter include the inability of the second login to play any sounds, because the first login's esd will have grabbed /dev/dsp. A solution I found was to launch esd with the -promiscuous flag, and that allows both logins to play sounds. I have forgotten how I did that, but I am sure you will be able to figure it out.
