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Let's say, for an example, I want to run a full-screen opengl application on tty8 and have my standard GNOME desktop on tty7. How can I configure Ubuntu to meet my requirements?

muru
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To start a new X session on tty8, drop to tty1 (or 2-6) and type 

startx -- :1
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  • This works but sound and keyboard is still connected to the old one. When I switch to the other terminal, I am not able to use keyboard and sound doesn't appear. But mouse works though – balki Apr 02 '13 at 18:17
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You can try this

So, in the file : /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf

please mention that u'll like it in both :0 and :1 That should be indicated as follows :

   ...
   [servers]
   # These are the standard servers. You can add as many you want here
   # and they will always be started. Each line must start with a unique
   # number and that will be the display number of that server. Usually just
   # the 0 server is used.
   0=Standard
   1=Standard
   # Note the VTAllocation and FirstVT keys on linux and freebsd.
   # Don't add any vt<number> arguments if VTAllocation is on, and set FirstVT to
   # be the first vt available that your gettys don't grab (gettys are usually
   # dumb and grab even a vt that has already been taken). Using 7 will work
   # pretty much for all linux distributions. VTAllocation is not currently
   # implemented on anything but linux and freebsd. Feel free to send patches.
   # X servers will just not get any extra arguments then.
   #
   ...

Extracted from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=86451. This is from 2005 but it should work.

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