dual login on a laptop?

[Ninerunes]

Can I have my normal login session running on the laptop itself, and have a GDM login screen taking input from the other keyboard and other mouse displayed on the second monitor? Trying to show off multiuser for a small presentation on Linux.
(PS This forum seemed appropriate; if not, bounce me. :D )

[ph34r]

Not that I know of... but if you have X servers and a ssh client on a second/third/nth laptop, you could do it that way.

[andycrofts]

..alternatively, install something like Netsarang's Xmanager on a pc, setup xdm and login (graphically) over the network..Works for me!
But, a quick multi-user demo...try this.
Rip a CD onto hard disk before the demo.
For the demo, rip another CD, then switch to a terminal, and play the first CD back with a C/L tool (dunno which) - while the second CD is still ripping.
For a real encore, switch to a third terminal as another user, and do a compile of something...I can do that on SuSE 9, IBM T20 (700MHz/256megs) without missing a note.
Possibly the first is more impressive, but if you've only got one PC (the laptop) that's an alternative.
-Andy

[Ninerunes]

Yah, gonna show 'em the virtual terminals definitely. The rest of the computers in the room will be running Knoppix from the CD drives, maybe I'll set up SSH on one or more of them....interestingly enough, I've just been presented with a projector I can hook up to my laptop while I do my little 'speech'. Mmmm....a whole wall full of Fluxbox.....

[techwise]

that if you are limited to the laptop as the only machine in the presentation, you show multiple x sessions running at the same time as different users, accopmlishing seperate tasks.

I will occasionally run a nested x session w/ xnest but the easier way is to just run "startx -- :2" on another console and then use ctrl+alt+f7/f8 to toggle between the two.

Regards

Mike

[Ninerunes]

No, there will be other machines for ppl to use, I just wanted to show off some of Linux's abilities and thought having 2 users logged in and doing things at once on different displays would be cool...would it be possible to output, say, tty7 through the monitor port on the back of the laptop while keeping tty8 displayed on the laptop's LCD?

[techwise]

You can have dual displays, however you will not accomplish an independent session so to speak with its own kb and mouse by just dusplaying output to another screen.

You simply need two pc's for that.

Why dont you borrow another laptop, boot it to a Knoppix cd and then mount a home user account on the first laptop or something like that?

Mike

[Ninerunes]

So how can I get a different display onto the monitor? Does it involve serious XF86Config editing? Is there an app or utility I can use? I had kind of assumed that even tho it had 2 video outputs (the LCD and the monitor-out port), it was still only equipped with a single video card, and so could only do one display on the 2 screens. If anyone has links to sources of info about this, that'd be great, I haven't found a hell of a whole lot in my searches.