I assume you know that if you have one X running you have to use startx -- :# (# is 1 to 5 I believe) in order to start a second X session... Lionel --- James Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- James Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > when XFree86 (ver. 4.1.0) is set up to > > use > > the Wacom Intuos, switching to a virtual console and > > back to X causes X to appear frozen, sometimes with > > a > > band of colorful garbage at the top of the screen. > > From what I can tell, everything still works, but > > the > > graphics on the screen are frozen and I have to type > > things blindly. > > From what I can tell, switching virtual consoles kills > X. I did the following: > > 1) Started X by typing startx > error.log 2>&1 > 2) Switched to a virtual console > 3) Switched back to the console (screen?) on which X > was displayed (Console 7 in Red Hat) > 4) Switched to the console from which I started X > 5) Typed "startx" > > One of the last lines in error.log is > > xinit: connection to X server lost. > > X must have crashed when I switched consoles (and > probably failed to cleanly switch the console back to > text mode). > > Maybe I can attach gdb to X or something? > > > ===== > -- I am a fool for Christ. Mostly I am a fool. -- > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
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