Ed composed on 2019-08-04 21:01 (UTC+0100): > For years I would happily ctrl-alt-f<1-6> for an additional x.org > session by running 'startx' and another window manager. Until now-ish.
> The way to reproduce the problem is as follows: > 1. log in via lightdm/gdm > 2. switch to a text console > 3. run startx and use the window manager for a moment or two > 4. switch back to first session > At this point you should be presented with the default login screen > after the x session crashed. > What I have observed is that x sessions started from a text console can > cooperate with each other, it seems limited to lightdm/gdm logins only. > Something happened between jobs which meant I didn't need to run several > user accounts at once. It may have been introduced during Jessie or > Stretch. > Am I alone, or do other people have this issue also? Am I doing multi > GUI wrong, is there a modern way to do this that has slipped past me > without noticing? Works on 32 bit Buster on host m7ncd here, with one little glitch that Ctrl-Alt-F3 from vtty4 doesn't get me to the session running on vtty3, but Ctrl-Alt-F2 will get me to vtty2, from which Ctrl-Alt-F3 does work as expected, as does Ctrl-Alt-F4 from the session on vtty3. Wierd. However, your description I do have memory of from last winter. The problem is my memory currently lacks any connective dots between https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1663050 and any possible appearance in Debian months ago. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
