On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:09:48AM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote: > it appears that fc2 is now single-user. > > we used to use the fc1 computer like this: > my wife and I each log in on one's own virtual console and start X with > "startx". each has one's own X window session, and we can switch > between them with C-M-f7 and C-M-f8 (obviously, we take turns using the > monitor/keyboard, but we do not need to logout to let the other use the > computer). I had to do some tricks to enable both of us to use > audio/video &c: I created a group "sound", added both of us to it, and > did "chgrp sound, chmod g+rw" for the audio devices. This worked OK > (although each upgrade and reboot reset ownership and permissions). > > Now, only the person who was the first to log in can start X! > the other one gets the splash screen (which says FC2) but no icons ever > appear on it, it just hangs there. > > So, where are these ownerships and permissions set so that I can make > my box multi-user again? > I'm not sure how it ever worked in FC1, but my systems default to letting me only start 1 X session. Try having the second user do startx -- :1. This will tell xinit to start a second X server. Try man startx and man xinit to get more details on why this works.
