Hello, For years I would happily ctrl-alt-f<1-6> for an additional x.org session by running 'startx' and another window manager. Until now-ish.
The way to reproduce the problem is as follows: 1. log in via lightdm/gdm 2. switch to a text console 3. run startx and use the window manager for a moment or two 4. switch back to first session At this point you should be presented with the default login screen after the x session crashed. What I have observed is that x sessions started from a text console can cooperate with each other, it seems limited to lightdm/gdm logins only. Something happened between jobs which meant I didn't need to run several user accounts at once. It may have been introduced during Jessie or Stretch. Am I alone, or do other people have this issue also? Am I doing multi GUI wrong, is there a modern way to do this that has slipped past me without noticing? -- Best regards, Ed http://www.s5h.net/