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Re: Can different-users have different-X?

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At Wed, 8 Oct 2014 12:08:03 +0000 (UTC) not.socialnetwork@gmail.com wrote:

> 
> For the PC that never goes-online, I login as root.   *sorry*!!
> Now I've got a subtle/complex problem that seems to be related to
> the font-server.
> 
> I read that only root can change the font-server.
> I don't want to reboot, and lose all my work, but wanted to see/if
> what a non-root user sees in X.
> 
> Because I didn't cultivate the habit of pretending I'm various different
> non-root userS, I just *assumed* that this multi-user OS could log
> different users into different X configurations.
> I favour blacbox, but Mary may prefer twm.
> 
> The error is <server already active on display 0>
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> Can I change the font-server settings, and still recover my work?
> Is it possible that after the system boots, it's OK; but exercising 
> various programs, changes some font-setting, which then makes
> xpdf ...etc. fuzzy?

Generally speaking, you can only have one X session on a given 'head' (read as 
single PC with a single video card) at a time.  (It is possible to more than 
one, but that is probably an advanced topic.)

Each user can have different X settings, but generally all share a single 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file, which most defines system level things (like the type 
of video card, monitor, keyboard, and pointer and drivers to use for these 
*hardware* devices).  Each user can have a different font-path (possibly 
by-passing the font-server).  See 'man xset' for details.

> 
> == TIA.
> 
>                                          

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Can different-users have different-X? not.socialnetwork@gmail.com - 2014-10-08 12:08 +0000
  Re: Can different-users have different-X? Øyvind Røtvold <orotvold@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 14:34 +0200
    Re: Can different-users have different-X? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2014-12-28 06:04 +0000
  Re: Can different-users have different-X? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-10-08 08:12 -0500
  Re: Can different-users have different-X? Balwinder S Dheeman <bdheeman.SANSPAM@outlook.com> - 2014-10-08 22:19 +0530

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