Re: [gentoo-user] Running multiple X logins

[Brett I. Holcomb]

Well, I got it kind of working and did so by the doing the following.  I 
say sort of because it worked fine before reboot.  I set up the files as 
shown below and could to a ctl-alt-bkspc and I had three terminals.  I 
played with this for a while and it always worked.  However, when I 
rebooted the system hung and would not respond to the keyboard or 
mouse and it had a blank screen with the framebuffer image.  It looks like 
it tried to start X and failed.

At this point I'm not sure how to make it work. I know Caldera 2.4 could 
do it but this just isn't working and I've exhausted all I know.  If 
anyone has any ideas I'd be greatful!

1.  Create symlinks to /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg for X0, X1, x2.
2.  Modify /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X0 :0
:1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X1 :1
:2 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X2 :2
3.  I then modified /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config to create two more entries for 
each server.

! The following three resources set up display :0 as the console.
DisplayManager._0.setup:        /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
DisplayManager._0.startup:      /etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole_0
DisplayManager._0.reset:        /etc/X11/xdm/TakeConsole_0
! The following three resources set up display :1 as the console.
DisplayManager._1.setup:        /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_1
DisplayManager._1.startup:      /etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole_1
DisplayManager._1.reset:        /etc/X11/xdm/TakeConsole_1
! The following three resources set up display :2 as the console.
DisplayManager._2.setup:        /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_2
DisplayManager._1.startup:      /etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole_2
DisplayManager._1.reset:        /etc/X11/xdm/TakeConsole_2
4.  Copied the _x files from the main one.  For example cp TakeConsole 
TakeConsole_1

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
Some more research shows multiple ways to set up the Xserver lines
Gentoo: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
Others: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7
More:   :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7 :0
and again :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0
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