I have installed MDK 7.2 from downloaded CD images. Everything
installed correctly and runs well. I have done the normal software
updates with no problems. The X system is the one that comes with that
distribution (4.0 I believe).
The issue is that when running an X session, and I attempt to start a
second session using CTRL-ALT-F2 (or any function key up to 6), the X
server shuts down. The new session starts with the nornal logon screen,
and then it dumps me back to the session running X with the message
Fatal server error
Caught signal 11
Server aborting.
Is there some setting in the X system that I have missed, or do I need
to do an update to the server.
In addition, although probably unrelated, sometimes when I go to logout
of the KDE session, it appears that the session starts to close down and
than re-displays the desktop. A second logout request then works. Very
strange, like it didn't believe me the first time.
I am using the standard KDE that came with the distribution.
I am installing on my laptop that has a C&T 65550 chipset with 2 MEG
video ram.
As an aside, I will be giving a talk on computer usage to folks in a
travel club I am associated with. I know that the question of other OS's
will come up and have tried TurboLinux, SuSE 6.3, Red Hat 6.2, and
Debian potato with varying degrees of success (like not much). Mandrake
7.2 is the only one that I could recommend to a knowledgeable user to
purchase and install. It detected everything properly except the sound
(but that's another issue) and provided the best install of any of them.
I hope they keep up the excellant work.
Thanks in advance for any assistance... Tom.
