On Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 04:23:44PM +0000, E Papantoniou wrote: > (this is a repost) > Hi all, > > my problem is that I cannot run more than one X server at the same time. > When I am logged in as a user one and run startx on display :0.0, I do > Ctrl-Alt-F2, log in as a user two and type startx -- :1.0 > The second X server attempts to start (the gray default background appears) > and gets stuck at that point. Going back to the Ctrl-Alt-F2 screen the > erron message is : > > AUDIT ...(time and date)... 2144 X:client 1 rejected from local host > Xlib: connection to ":1.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorised to connect to server
This seems to be saying that the currently running Xserver won't let you connect. I think when you run "startx --:1.0" it is trying to start it on the currently running server. Try using something like "startx --vt9 :1.0" (I don't know if that's right, but it's getting there!) Adrian email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Debian Linux - www.debian.org http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett | Because bloated, unstable PGP key available on public key servers | operating systems are from MS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
