Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Multi-user login manager

[William Kenworthy]

Is what you want "multi-seat" rather than "multi-user"?

e.g., http://www.linuxtoys.org/multiseat/multiseat.html

Lots on google.

BillK


On 14/7/21 6:56 am, antlists wrote:
> On 13/07/2021 15:07, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2021-07-12, Grant Taylor <gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net> wrote:
>>> On 7/12/21 2:21 PM, antlists wrote:
>>>> Two problems - I would like to run without X, but it seems that the
>>>> greeters need X to run ...
>>
>> Yes, they do. Why do you need a "greeter"?
>
> Well, most modern linux systems boot to a gui login screen, which,
> aiui, is called a greeter ...
>>
>>> I'm not familiar with the term "greeter", but I assume that you're
>>> referring to the display manager that functions as the GUI login
>>> screen.
>>>
> Yup.
>>>
>>> Configuration may be ornery, but I would assume ~> expect that this is
>>> possible to do.  After all, you're really talking about having the
>>> system function as two independent X11 servers,
>>
>> The OP explicitly stated he wants to run without X. AFAICT he wants
>> two separte Linux consoles. I don't think that's possible.
>>
> Thing is, X is obsolete, so if I can have my system work without X
> installed, that would be nice. If I have to install it, tough that's
> the way it is. It just seems weird that you should still need X
> installed to login if you want your system to be pure Wayland.
>
> But to describe my desire as "having two X servers running" is good
> enough. I'd just rather it was two Wayland instances running.
>
> My previous setup was two PCs networked. But it took up too much
> space, and because so much data was shared between me and my wife the
> second PC effectively didn't use its hard disk for anything beyond the
> OS (plus it was an old chip, an old PC basically). Hence my desire for
> the curent setup to be a powerful, SINGLE PC, but from the user's POV
> it looks like there are two PCs.
>
> Cheers,
> Wol
>