So I needn't end my xdm session when I get up and my wife uses Linux, I run three X servers under xdm. For this, I have within /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7 :0 :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt8 :1 :2 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt9 :2 Usually, on booting, :0 starts, then :1 in 30 seconds, then :2 in 120 seconds. When :1 and :2 start, the screen switches to :1 or :2, which presents no problem since I switch back to :0 with <ctrl><alt><f7>. UNFORTUNATELY, the :0 screen is now all grey, except for an impotent cursor.
If I have logged into :0, I can clear up the grey with "xrefresh"; otherwise I must enter "kill -HUP the-X-process-for-0". I thought I might solve this with a similar "kill" entry in each of /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup_1, Xstartup_2, Xstartup_0. Unfortunately this didn't work for any of kill -SIGINT `pidof X` #NOPE, locked terminal? kill -SIGUSR1 `pidof X` #NOPE, leaves gray kill -SIGHUP `pidof X` #NOPE, leaves gray kill -SIGHUP `pidof xdm` #NOPE, leaves gray Inconveniently, to prevent this "gray" screen, whenever I reboot, I now toggle to each of F7, F8, and F9. Can you think of a better solution to this? -- Jim Burt, NJ9L, Fairfax, Virginia, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mnsinc.com/jameson [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It is not the shortcomings of others, nor what others have done or not done that one should think about, but what one has done or not done oneself." --Dhammapada ["dp" command for quotes from the Dhammapada, in Linux] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]