Xorg Sessions – Run Multiple User X Sessions Simultaneously

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I want to have more than one user logged on at the same time, on the same computer.
Each user should have a full GUI X session…

It's easy enough to log in to multiple concurrent non-X linux terminals… but I want the X factor…

Maybe I've missed something, but I only see a Main Menu option to Log out of the current user, and nothing for "Switch User"…

Is there a simple way to do this?

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If you are using Gnome:

Try running gdmflexiserver, it will launch a new GDM session. You can switch between them using Ctrl+Alt+F{8..12}.

Take note though that logging in with the same user twice is a bad idea.

Also, (in Lucid, at least) you can switch users by clicking the Power button in top-right corner and then selecting a user name. alt text

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How to Run Two X Sessions Simultaneously on Ubuntu

If you are running an X session under Ubuntu on machine A it will appear on screen:0 (Ctrl+Alt+F7) on A.

You want to run a remote X Session from machine B (on your Lan) without interrupting your current session on A.

Go to the first console screen (Ctrl+Alt+F1) login at the console and then ask Machine B to send an X session to screen: on A - like this

u@A:~$  X :1 -query IP-of-B

X asks for an X session, :1 says to put it on screen 1, -query asks for the session from in this case IP address of B

You will find the new session on screen :1 (Ctrl+Alt+F8).

This is not secure (no ssh) but is quick and easy for a home network when sound is not required over the connection.

You can use nomachine's nxclient/server which is fine but runs in your current session on A screen :0 in its own window. It provides support for local sound and local printing - last time I looked Firefox would not start up if sound was enabled.

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