On Thursday 11 August 2005 11:59, Henning Brauer wrote: > * Dave Feustel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-08-11 18:57]: > > I just discovered that even though xdm is running, > > terminals C[0-3] are running in character mode > > ie. if, while logged in via xdm, I enter ctl-alt-F[0-3], > > I get a tty login!!! > > eh, yes, of course.
This may be obvious to you, but it is not to me. > > And if, alfter logging in to one of those tty screens, > > I atempt to start KDE, I am informed that I can't > > because the x server is already running. > > because it is already running? But I ran KDE by manually starting it for a long time. What is the point of a graphical login for only one user? I expected that when I enabled xdm, more than one user could login and run kde (I.e 4 copies of kde could be run simultaneously on my computer, 1 each at C0-C3. I clearly have misapprehended something wrt graphical login. What am I missing here? Thanks > > How do I get xdm to handle all console logins? > > consulting /etc/ttys can help you shooting yourself in the feet this > way
