Re: [Xorg] Local Multi Users

[Helge H. <hel...@hi...>]

Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote:

>>Thanks for your reply.
>>
>>My problem isn't with the keyboard division nor with the keyboards' leds
>>nor with anything else.
>>
>>Everything works almost perfectly **EXCEPT** that it's soooooo unstable.
>>
>>I observed that there is a correct order to load the video cards and
>>when that order is found, it all works okay until I turn off the
>>computer. 
>>
>>This looks like a videogame problem... each time I turn my computer on I
>>need to guess the correct order for the video cards to load... this is
>>insane.
>>    
>>
>
>hm,
>gdm uses the predefined order(kdm/xdm do not)
>once you find the proper order of cards
>and configure gdm, everything should be fine
>i & at least 20-30 persons i helped, never had
>stability issues(after everything was configured)
>
>  
>

Having to use an "order" is no good.  People on a multi-user
machine logs in and out on the different consoles all the time, and X
obviously restarts everytime.  Gdm might be capable of starting the initial
login sessions in the "right" order, but then two users logs in, the one
with the card that must be loaded "first" then logs out and someone else
logs in - restarting X on that card "last".

Am I misunderstanding something, or do people really log in once
and keep that card forever until reboot?  That does not work well with
children who want to have their own user .  . .

I have avoided this problem so far, by using a single card with
two framebuffers.  That will change as I try to get DRI on two
cards :-/

Helge Hafting