<div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Patrick Doyle <<a href="mailto:wpdster@gmail.com">wpdster@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 7:26 AM, Christopher Lemire <<a href="mailto:christopher.lemire@gmail.com">christopher.lemire@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hello, I would like to, instead of using TwinView, have two separate X > screens. I had done it in the past, and I had two instances of Gnome > running. I would like to do it with two separate Desktop Environments such > as Gnome on one monitor and Xmonad on the other. I've tried googling several > different terms, and I could not find anybody attempting this. Can anybody > give me some insight on how it works or how to do this? > </div>Do you have a separate keyboard & mouse (or any input device) for that separate X screen? </blockquote><div> No, I do not. I was under the assumption that I could switch between displays using the same pair of keyboard + mouse. Is that not the case? </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Regardless, what you want to do (which you perhaps already know, in which case this response will be pretty useless to you) is to start an X server on :1, somehow configuring it so that it uses the 2nd display, keyboard, and mouse. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do that. (I warned you this email would be pretty useless). I'm also wondering if/how well it will work if you have a single video card (as opposed to 2 separate video cards). </blockquote><div> I have been able to get 2 separate X screens working through the gui nvidia-settings that comes with the nvidia driver. However they are both Gnome. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Hmmm... I'm thinking this response is even less helpful than I thought it would be. And I have very low standards! --wpd -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Christopher Lemire <<a href="mailto:christopher.lemire@gmail.com">christopher.lemire@gmail.com</a>> Ubuntu 64 bit Linux Raid Level 0 gpg --recv-keys E13B0909 Key fingerprint = 3E1A 9103 EF3D 4885 6866 E9DE C69F 18B3 E13B 0909 </div>