Hi, Thanks for the help but it does not quite work. I did just what you said but when I start the second X session it fails. The output of "startx -- :1 -bpp " is appended below. It looks like a problem with the first X session locking things up. Could it be the default security (xauth) stuff?
Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XFree86 Version 3.3.2 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: March 2 1998 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.0.32 i686 [ELF] Configured drivers: SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0): NV1, STG2000, RIVA128, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b, ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b, ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, ati, sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, tvga8200lx, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000, tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682, tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543, clgd7548, clgd7555, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, oti067, oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_virge, s3_svga, ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546, ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct64200, ct64300, generic (using VT number 8) XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) XKB: model: "pc101" (**) XKB: layout: "us" (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 3 (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Primary Card" (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Primary Monitor" (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/local/Office40/fonts/75dpi,/usr/local/Office40/fonts/type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/sharefont/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/,unix/:7100" (--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA 2064W rev 1, Memory @ 0xff000000, MMIO @ 0xffbec000 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xFF000000 (--) SVGA: MMIO registers at 0xFFBEC000 (--) SVGA: Video BIOS info block at 0x000c7b60 (--) SVGA: chipset: mga2064w (--) SVGA: videoram: 4096k (**) SVGA: Option "dac_8_bit" (**) SVGA: Option "power_saver" (**) SVGA: Using 8 bits per color component (**) SVGA: Using 8 bpp, Depth 8, Color weight: 888 (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 220.000 MHz (**) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024": mode clock = 135.000 (**) SVGA: Mode "1152x864": mode clock = 135.000 (**) SVGA: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 115.500 (--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1280x1024 (--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024 (--) SVGA: MCLK set to 60.000 MHz (--) SVGA: Using hardware cursor (--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture) (--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles (--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy (--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill (--) SVGA: XAA: CPU to screen color expansion (TE/NonTE imagetext, TE/NonTE polytext) (--) SVGA: XAA: Using 10 128x128 areas for pixmap caching (--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and stipples (--) SVGA: XAA: General lines and segments (--) SVGA: XAA: Dashed lines and segments _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 4 failed to set default font path '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/local/Office40/fonts/75dpi,/usr/local/Office40/fonts/type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/sharefont/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/,unix/:7100' Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quoting Ted Harding ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On 20-Jul-98 Stuart Marshall wrote: > > Is there some way to run more than one X session on my debian PC? > > > > Ideally I would do something like run an 8-bit depth xdm session > > that logged me into a remote sun computer and a second X session > > that is 16-bit depth that is my local session. If it requires a > > second video card it is no problem. I would then be able to switch > > between the two sessions via ALT-F7, ALT-F8 or something. > > The following should do what I think you're asking for: > > With no X up at all, > > 1. From your local machine (say on tty1) do > > startx -- -bpp 16 & > > This should start a 16-bit X session on your local machine (on VT-7). Now > do Alt-F1 to get back to tty1. > > 2. Still from your local machine, and from tty1, do > > startx -- :1 -bpp 8 & > > This should start an 8-bit X session on your local machine (on VT-8). You > should be able to switch between them using Alt-F8, Alt-F7. The ":1" must be > the FIRST thing following the "--". > > 3. From the second (8-bit) session on VT-8, telnet to the Sun machine. Then > you > should be able to do what you want. (You won't be able to cut&paste between > the > two different sessions however, and you can only see one of them at once). > > Hope this helps, > Ted. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 21-Jul-98 Time: 00:32:15 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- --SAA00396.900984346/sioux.llnl.gov-- ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null