[lug] Two (or more) separate X logins on different virtual terminals?

[Davide Del Vento]

This does not answer the question in your subject, but it may be good
enough for chrome. This is what I do myself (actually for different
purposes, but anyway):

1) create at least two separate users, maybe more
2) login into X (with mate, in my case, but I don't think it'd matter) with
one of them
3) do whatever your WM requires to allow others to use it (it may be
nothing), for my is xhost +
4) then su'ing into the other user from a terminal, and starting chrome (or
firefox) will give you access to a fully separate instance of the browser
-- you can do this for as many users you want, and using virtual desktops
(and multiple monitors) make it really a pleasant walk in the park to the
user

Note: this solution REALLY stresses the system, particularly memory-wise,
so make sure you have at least 256 gazillions of RAM

On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 6:51 AM Bear Giles <bgiles at coyotesong.com> wrote:

> This is one of those questions where any answer on google is buried under
> countless similar, but unrelated answers and the few on-point are a decade
> old. Sigh.
>
> With the gnome gdm is it possible to have separate X logins on different
> virtual terminals? The specific idea is to set up my work laptop so that
> VT-1 is used for my work and VT-2 is used for personal stuff. I'm not doing
> a lot of personal stuff on it but chrome tabs tend to reproduce like
> rabbits without wolves and using different desktops and chrome profiles
> isn't working out as I hoped. I really wish chrome kept track of which
> gnome screen a window was on when you shutdown and relaunch - it would save
> so much effort.
>
> I think I might have set this up before but it was a very long time ago.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bear
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