Re: Local Multi-User X (?) problems

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

> Yihaaaa! It works! disabling DRI and using the -prefbusid option did the 
> trick! Thanks a lot!
happy to hear it :-)

so Andreas haven't updated his XFree binaries yet,
i'll probably have to add it to the howto

> Yes. I think I once read that if you build a kernel for a specific 
> system, and there is something you use all the time, compile it into 
> the kernel, if you use it just occasionally, compile it as a module. 

that's probably OK,
but the question is whether the init scripts 
can live with it

althougt what happens if you decide to change some hardware,
filesystem ?

it's more flexible to have most hardware compiled as module's

> > > BTW, /proc/bus/usb/devices does not exist on my system,
> >
> > this is somewhat strange
> > you must have it
> 
> OK... 
> 
probably your init script doesn't like
built in support for usb,
this is the case for mandrake as well
if usb is built in the kernel, not as modules,
service usb doesn't start -- it doesn't mount
usbfs and there might be some issues with 
certain usb drivers
you probably have to mount it yourself then

> >
> > /proc/bus/input/devices llocks perfectly OK
> > do you have in /dev/input/
> > mouse0, mouse1, event0  to event3 ?
> 
> Yup:
>  kjetil@owl:/dev/input> ls
> event0  event1  event2  event3  mice  mouse0  mouse1
> 
> 
> > > devfs is up and running, allthough there are some weird issues;
> > > specifically mount doesn't report that devfs is mounted, whereas
> > > /proc/mounts does. This put me off for a long time.
> >
> > smth debian specific ?
> 
> Dunno.
> 
> > have you installed devfsd ?
> 
> Yup... 

so everything here is OK

> BTW, here's one point you might want to add something like this in a 
> Troubleshooting section of your HOWTO:
> 
> Q: e2fsck complains I have a bad superblock after I enabled devfs. In 
> fact, it appears all the superblocks are bad, and I'm scared. What do I 
> do?
> 
> A: Make sure devfsd is running.
> 
> :-) This put me off for several days... 

it happened to me under debian too :-)
but i don't think it's a good idea to add this to the howto,
it's devfs issue and has nothing to do with bruby/ruby-2.6
and there is a link to the devfs howto

> 
> 
> > does your bootloader line contains " devfs=mount",
> > or if you have compiled your kernel have you enabled
> > automatic mounting of devfs ?
> 
> I have automatic mounting enabled in the kernel.
> 
> 
> > may be try adding here "-prefbusid x:xx:x" for each card,
> 
> Yup, as I said, it works! :-)

so i'll have to add a not until Andreas updates the XFree 
packages
 
> > another idea woud be to switch to gdm (cause it follows
> > the order of starting X servers as specified)
> > and try exchanging the start order
> > in your command line first is started X1 then X0,
> > with xdm/kdm you can never be sure which one will be started
> > first, but with gdm it's up to you to specify the order
> 
> Yup. Since it works now, I'll stick to kdm.
> 

it's higly recomended to switch to gdm,
as it does obey the specified start/stop order
and the later is really important to avoid some lock ups
with certain graphic cards on start/restart/ shut down
of the X servers, and it does help to retain the VGA console

> 
> I guess I might as well ask right now: I was thinking about buying a 
> gadget where I can get two PS/2 ports from a USB-port, like this:
> http://www.clasohlson.no/images/products/N/hi/A/324024_Xw4.jpg
> I have no further specs on it, but do you guys think it would "work"? 
> The idea is to use one of those for the second keyboard and mouse.

no idea, 
if it works under non ruby kernel, it should work under bruby/ruby-2.6 too

may be searching for this particular adapter "+ linux" on google will
give you some answers

best,

svetljo

PS.

please check if putting
Option "DRI" "false" 
for your second card works OK
with DRI activated for the first card
and drop a line
(i'll add it to the howto if it works)


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