(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***) Package: kdm Version: 2.0 Severity: grave Installed from: source on top of mandrake 7.1 I need two different X sessions running with different user ids. The new kdm in version 2.0 breaks this sometimes and opens a potential security problem. I start by setting up /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession with this: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 Now if I run xdm and then kill it and then start kdm it works. However if kdm is started from init (via x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon ) I get both my virutal X sessions but when using Ctl-Atl-F[78] to switch between them sometimes the keyboard action goes to the wrong X session. Ctl-Alt-F1 will result in a messed up screen and when I switch back to Ctl-Alt-F7 and type "reboot" the box resets because input goes to virtual console 1 not 7 like it should be. If I run xdm then gdm and then kdm it works fine everytime. (submitted via bugs.kde.org)
The problem you reported is not a bug but some sort of misconfiguration. Therefore I'm closing this bug report. RTFM next time! ;-) individual response: use :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7 :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 vt8 otherwise the two xservers will race for the same virtual console (vt7) what leads to more or less random results. best regards -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature please! -- Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool.