RE: Problem with xwindows

[Rajkumar Andrews <shibumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK Gurus! We need your help.

I had posted this query a couple of months back but failed to get any 
responses.  Now I find another like-minded person.  Simply put how can more 
than one person use Xwindow on a single standalone machine?  When we use text 
based consoles we get (at least in Red Hat) 6 virtual consoles on one machine; 
which means that 6 users can log in simultaneously.  [OK don't kill me but 
people do find that they want their desktops left alone so they lock it; 
another user can use another virtual console to use the same machine].  A 
couple of people who have used Linux for years say that X has been designed 
such that it cannot log in more than one user from one machine at one time!!  
Reason being that the server (which means the keyboard plus monitor etc) is 
just one.

Somehow after reading most of the documentation available for X I get the 
funny feel that this can be done.  Rajesh has aptly descriped the DISPLAY 
variable :0,0 [which basically means the first console on the first machine].  
However, I haven't had the time to do R & D on this and maybe my logic is 
wrong, so hey! please gurus.  X again!!

Rajkumar Andrews
>===== Original Message From linux-india@xxxxxxxxx =====
>I am having a problem with Xwindows. The Xserver is started by the root
>and if do change user and and start an application I get the following
>error message:
>
>Can't connect to X11 window server using ':0.0' as the value of the
>DISPLAY variable.
>
>How do I get it working?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Rajesh

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