Re: XDM configuration

[hugo v. <hug...@ca...>]

Hi Mark:
I use, like you I think, a choice of 3 boot
options: 1 user, 2 users with xdm and xinerama.
This is with Debian Sarge and Fvwm and 2.4.21.
What do I buy with upgrading to a later kernel?
1 user and 2 user both have dumbcons=3D1 so I had
to invent another variable to kick off the right
server: there are 3.
I usually use 1 user, which is the boot default.
Because then I can startx in xterm, start the
user in the left console manually and I have vc's
available then, provided you do it right with
switching to F1 immediately to get rid of the
garbage.
If you boot with 2 users you use xdm but then
there are no vc's. This is what I have in xdm:

:0 local usr/bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X0 :0
-layout X0 -deferglyphs 16 -prefbusid 1:0:0 vt7

:1 local usr/bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X1 :1
-layout X1 -deferglyphs 16 vt9

Everything works with the default XF86Config-4,
which has a BusId for each device, that is all.

I cannot really explain why I have to have the
prefbusid for vt7, but if not, X hangs.

I have no idea how xinerama works. (I have not
tried the dynamic server switcher). I get fvwm on
both monitors but cannot do anything on the left
and both look identical. I unfortunately cannot
find a good fvwm xinerama example, but it would
be academic anyway: Bruby beats the pants out of
any scheme. Why this isn't toted as the premier
Linux solution beats me: it would beat any
microshaft solution, can you imagine: opensource
and as many monitors as you want on one pc? And
here every internet caf=E9 and classroom has 1 pc
per user and nobody knows better...

Regards,

Hugo.

PS. If you want a copy of the servers.x and
XF86Config-4, let me know.


---- Begin Original Message ----

From: Mark Hurenkamp <mar...@xs...>
Sent: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:14:40 +0200
To: lin...@li...
Subject: XDM configuration


Hi,


I've been using backstreet ruby for a while now,
and it works
great for me, and also the new 2.6 patch works
better than
anything I've tried before.

I've got 2 X sessions working fine in parallel
using different
layouts in XF86config. I start them using "startx
-- :<screen> -layout <name>"
and that works fine.

However, since all this is working properly for
some time now,
I would really like to get the xdm sessions to
work, but I'm still
experiencing problems with that.

I have the following content in
/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers:
(and the same in the kdm config)

# $Xorg: Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:17
cpqbld Exp $
#
# Xservers file, workstation prototype
#
# This file should contain an entry to start the
server on the
# local display; if you have more than one
display (not screen),
# you can add entries to the list (one per line).
 If you also
# have some X terminals connected which do not
support XDMCP,
# you can add them here as well.  Each X terminal
line should
# look like:
#       XTerminalName:0 foreign
#
#:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head1 -layout
head1 vt7
:1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head2 -layout
head2 vt17

However, when I start xdm, what happens is that X
is started
on the second screen, but no login prompt
appears. I think the
problem is xdm related, since if I remove the :1
line, it starts
on the first screen, and the login prompt does
appear.

Does anyone here have a clue what I'm doing wrong?
(I'm using the Gentoo distribution available at
www.gentoo.org)


Kind regards,
Mark.


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