Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> Trevor....sorry I tipped you to a technique that has caused you
> trouble! I use this method to temporarily become root in a
> second xsession all the time. I've never had any problems with
> it. So I'm sorry also, that I've no helpful suggestions for
> you.
>
> Alan
>
> Trevor Farrell wrote:
> >
> > OK, I don't know what is going on, but this is my 6th attempt at getting
> >
> > this through to the list! I've tried different mailservers, using "new
> > msg"
> > & "reply", and several changes of text/subject. Other emails are going
> > out OK, just not this
> > one! My apologies if the floodgates suddenly burst and all 6 hit the
> > list.
> >
> > Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >
> > > Sean....that has been doable for a long time. Use this syntax:
> > > 'startx -- :x'. Your original session defaults to x=0, the next
> > > should be x=1 etc. Ctl-alt f7-f12 accesses the x-sessions
> > > whereas ctl-alt f1-f6 accesses the consoles you started the
> > > x-sessions in.
> > >
> >
> > Well, I thought this was too good to be true, so I tried it...
> >
> > Logged onto tty2 as root, did startx -- :1 and was real impressed to see
> >
> > KDE start up as root. Yes, Ctrl-Alt-F7 took me back to KDE logged in as
> > me. WOW it worked (so far...).
> >
> > Then, Ctrl-Alt-F8 took me to a black screen - keyboard num-lock light
> > went out, tried every key combo I could think of to get some response,
> > even a num-lock or caps-lock light would have been good, but the only
> > thing that worked was Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot - with the screen dead, the
> >
> > system appeared to shut down properly- plenty of drive action - but no
> > reboot - so I had to use the power switch (shades of M$ Windows...).
> >
> > When I restarted the box, it reported that the disc was not unmounted
> > cleanly & did its checking - finally giving a status of "passed".
> > Everything works normally now, except that when I'm logged into KDE as
> > me, no icons & I can't execute programs - the panel & K menus are there,
> >
> > but only a few items (like logout) work. I can't open a terminal,
> > refresh icons/desktop or anything. logging out & logging back in using
> > gnome instead of KDE works (thats how I'm sending this) but I prefer
> > KDE. Kde still works if I log in as root, just not as me!
> >
> > Well, I hate to admit it, but I don't even know where to start looking,
> > so can someone please tell me what to do to get things back!
> >
> > Trevor
Not your fault, Alan, if something is broken in my system!!! It should work,
but ...
I still wonder about the support for the SiS 6326 video chip - it works OK,
but...
