Multiple X displays no longer works

Net Llama! netllama
Mon May 17 11:43:47 PDT 2004


On 01/31/03 17:01, Susan Macchia wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I recently upgraded to RH 8.0.  Prior to that I had RH 7.2, 7.3 (Suse, Caldera,
> etc). 
> 
> I've always run with multiple X displays enabled by adding the following to
> /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers:
> 
> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt07
> :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 vt08
> 
> It has always worked until RH 8.0.
> 
> I'm using the standard (gdm?) login for Redhat 8.0 and have tried having an
> Xserver in /etc/X11/gdm with the same lines - to no avail.
> 
> I have googled and redhat'ed till I'm blue in the face and can find nothing
> that tells me how to do this or what has changed.  So, does anyone here have a
> clue?

Have you checked the X log in /var/log?

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