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|    Grant Taylor to Chris Elvidge    |
|    Re: X11-app after su - leads to DISPLAY     |
|    10 Dec 23 09:01:20    |
      XPost: comp.sys.raspberry-pi       From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net              On 12/10/23 07:49, Chris Elvidge wrote:       > I may not be understanding correctly, but why not use a different       > terminal to access the test1 user?              Not everybody knows or cares to do that.              > Ctrl-Alt-F[2345] to get a new terminal, log in as test1 and then run       > startx.              Not all Linux / X11 / WM / DE configurations support doing that.              Not all graphics hardware / X11 servers therefor will support that.              > This would seem, to me, to give you a completely separate, private, X       > session.              It is much more private.              But it's also more disruptive.              There is likely no way to directly share things like the clipboard       between the multiple X11 sessions.              > I stand ready to be corrected.              I'm sure there are ways to overcome many, if not most, of the problems.       But this is an atypical / not out of the box solution that will probably       only be acceptable for a few.              Could it work in the proper configuration, absolutely.              Is your average home system / college starter notebook going to support       it out of the box? I doubt it.                            --       Grant. . . .              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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