Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What's the right way to run more than one X server?
>
> There don't seem to be any hooks in the /etc/init.d/*dm
> scripts. (I thought maybe there'd be something in
> /etc/default/, at least for gdm which IIRC has some
> hooks for different configuration settings for different
> DISPLAYs.)
>
> I'm running etch, but if there's other work in Lenny/Sid
> would like to know where Debian is going with this.
>
> I could whack together something in inittab using startx
> but would rather do things "the right way". If this is not
> the place to ask where can I get an answer?
>
> I want at least one X server to serve a client desktop
> on the other side of the LAN, so that may mean executing
> the Xserver directly and using the
> -query argument. I've not made up my mind but
> am leaning away from an xdmcp chooser on that display
> because it's just another hassle to pass through at login.
>
> Another Xserver will run nothing but xsane as a client
> and act as a stand-alone copy machine. That one I'll
> probably auto-login with gdm, or maybe not.
>

I run 2 xservers for two displays/keyboards/mice:

http://wiki.debian.org/Multi_Seat_Debian_HOWTO

Hugo


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