On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 02:21:16PM -0400, Jeff Ratliff wrote: > 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. > On some computers I get some weird results too when running startx from a text console: X appears, but the keyboard is all mixed up. I never really bothered to find the cause because there is a nicer alternative which works just fine for me: gdmflexiserver. This locks the current X session and displays a gdm login window on the next available virtual console. On a related note: gdmflexiserver is somewhat undocumented and hidden: no menu entry, no man page. One thing I would like to find out is if gdmflexiserver can start an X session in anything other than the default visual, since I have a few old applications which run best in 8-bit color (since they try to manipulate the colormap direcly). Any pointers? David Jansen
