Paul Serice wrote: > I don't know if anyone else who uses xdm to manage multiple Servers > has run across the problem whereby starting all the servers > simultaneously can cause all sorts of problems, e.g., some of the > servers don't start because they are waiting to be told of an > available screen.
I have! It was originally even worse than that, I had both servers fighting over video memory, a few times my system's console froze, etc. That eventually got fixed about 6-9 months ago. Then I still had the problem you're having. I eventually got it half way workable by only starting one server, then starting up the other later. I think I actually started both, then when I needed to get the second server, switched over to the display it was on and let it run. It's been a while since I did this, so I don't remember details. > They way I do it is to copy over /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers so that only > one server is listed. Then I start xdm with the start-stop-daemon. > Of course, xdm has no problem starting one server, and in about 10 > seconds, the X server is up and running with xdm ready for more. > > So, I oblige by copying over the etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file again, but > this time I add a second server to the list. Then I send xdm the > SIGHUP signal via "kill -SIGHUP `cat /var/run/xdm-pid`". This tells > xdm to re-read its configuration files. It does so, and finds that > it is now responsible for starting exactly one more server. Of > course, xdm has no problem starting one server, and all is well. That's a bit clumsy. It'd be easier to start one server the usual way, then for each extra server you want, do "X :n.0 -query localhost". That makes X connect to the xdm on the localhost, and you don't need to send xdm any signals. -- see shy jo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
