Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Unknown Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Two X sessions on the same monitor Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 02:09:06 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <5512db7e$0$36572$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 02:09:06 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="0297ede0c04d0517ca480bc3702ba76d"; logging-data="14120"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18TQxDX0LjeN8NcR++yFLVX6Z3seWudlIQ=" User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Z+5Y8hpmRu+7uZYXUFshfz6qRgo= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:14864 On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:59:58 +0000, Stan Bischof wrote: > Clark Smith wrote: >> I would be interested to launch two simultaneous, separate and >> independent X sessions on the same monitor, keyboard and mouse. Only >> one session would be active at a time, of course; but, ideally, I >> should be able to switch from one session to the other with a simple >> keyboard sequence, so that the other session becomes active. >> >> Is this at all possible? > > Indeed - very possible. When I am in "admin" mode I normally have > several unix logins as well as several Windows logins all active at once > on the same monitor. RDP for Windows and separate X servers for the > various unix boxes and all is well. My norm is to have each one > full-screen (or close to full-screen) in its own workspace so that each > appears more-or-less independent. Works great and allows me to switch > between systems instantly. > > When I have more than several systems to admin (I've had as many as 20 > or so active at once) I tile the displays rather than putting each on > its own workspace. Obviously a large hi-res display is desirable here. > > My norm is to work with Windows as the base system but one could > certainly do the same from linux or other platforms. > > so bottom line-- yes, what you ask for is very doable. > > Stan