[SOLVED] start second X session?

dchmelik · 11-26-2018, 11:38 PM

How do I start a second X session? (specifically, Enlightenment from the PPA?) Most my life I've used classic *BSD and Slackware, the only strictly Unix-like Linux, and it's easy on those.

I read that since Ubuntu 16.04 you can't start a second X session, but that's not true, right?

Don't tell me it is, because that would be Windows-like, not Unix-like.

I only temporarily need Kubuntu for AMDGPU-PRO until other OSes support that, but I'd like to be able to explore Enlightenment window manager...

pan64 · 11-27-2018, 01:37 AM

how did you [try to] start at all? What's happened?

dchmelik · 11-27-2018, 02:02 AM

First (not in X) 'xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.enlightenment -- /usr/bin/X :1' (X server refuses.)
Next, 'xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.enlightenment -- /usr/bin/X :1 vt2' (permanently crashes first X session.)

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.enlightenment
# $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps
[ -f $sysresources ] && xrdb -merge $sysresources
[ -f $sysmodmap ] && xmodmap $sysmodmap
[ -f $userresources ] && xrdb -merge $userresources
[ -f $usermodmap ] && xmodmap $usermodmap

# Start the window manager:
if [ -z "$DESKTOP_SESSION" -a -x /usr/bin/ck-launch-session ]; then
  exec ck-launch-session enlightenment_start
else
  exec enlightenment_start
fi

After that, also, 'startx -- :1' (X server lost.)

pan64 · 11-27-2018, 02:04 AM

do you have enough resources to run two X servers?

dchmelik · 11-27-2018, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

do you have enough resources to run two X servers?

yes (implied in my first post.)

pan64 · 11-27-2018, 02:50 AM

not, not implied. And you gave no any information, so I can only suggest you to check the logs. For me it works

dchmelik · 11-27-2018, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

not, not implied. And you gave no any information, so I can only suggest you to check the logs. For me it works

I define what I mean; you don't. I've run two X sessions on the same PC with other GNU/Linux distributions (what I meant by saying it was easy.)

I gave you the information you requested.

You didn't tell me how you got it to work.

pan64 · 11-27-2018, 07:26 AM

Wat do you think? You need to give enough information to be able to help you. I have no idea about your system, I have no idea about your knowledge and also I have no idea what have you tried, what did you expect and what's happened. I do not really understand implied answers.

So again if you gave no real information I will not give you real answer. http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-q...html#beprecise
I can't tell you how can you fix your issue because at this moment I have no idea what should be fixed....

And finally, it works for me. I fixed it in line 54.

dchmelik · 11-27-2018, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

Wat do you think? You need to give enough information to be able to help you. I have no idea about your system, I have no idea about your knowledge and also I have no idea what have you tried, what did you expect and what's happened [...]

That's not true.

Quote:

And finally, it works for me. I fixed it in line 54.

You're the only being vague in this thread. Reread what you linked.

pan64 · 11-28-2018, 01:07 AM

Remember, I do not want to solve it at all. It is not my problem. But Probably I can give you some hints if you explain exactly what did you try.
Your last post contains no additional information.

dchmelik · 11-28-2018, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

Remember, I do not want to solve it at all. It is not my problem. But Probably I can give you some hints if you explain exactly what did you try.
Your last post contains no additional information.

I did that four posts ago and gave other information before you asked, that you keep asking about... the fact that it's easy--personal experience--such as I've done it on this PC with another GNU/Linux OS distribution, so the PC has the resources. It's not like you need the specifications or need to know how long I've studied.

None of your posts contain any information.

Since I already stated a lot, I have nothing more to say... just waiting for someone who's actually helpful to reply.

dchmelik · 12-24-2018, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

Remember, I do not want to solve it at all. It is not my problem. [...]

I don't think that's in the spirit of this site.

dchmelik · 05-10-2020, 09:41 AM

Forget *ubuntu (i.e., I've uninstalled, no longer seeking answer.)

ondoho · 05-11-2020, 01:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dchmelik

Forget *ubuntu.

There's no information in this.
Do not post if you have nothing to add; it's against LQ rules.
Also necrobumping is heavily frowned upon.
Reported.

dchmelik · 05-16-2020, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

There's no information in this.
Do not post if you have nothing to add; it's against LQ rules.Reported.
Also necrobumping is heavily frowned upon.

What you maybe didn't see is the question was mine originally, but many *ubuntu people have nothing to add. This is still an open question (not 'necrobumping'--if you say so, where's the newer thread with the solution? I would've been interested until minutes before indicating I was no longer interested) but I'm not following this now, partly because no one had anything to add in the entire thread (so have uninstalled that OS distribution (distro) I only needed for display drivers I'm not currently using and that better distros have now.)

Does that mean I should mark it solved, or would that trick people into looking for a nonexistent helpful answer? (my solution: backup, 'rm -rf /' as root, switch to something strictly Unix[-like.])

Of course, if it was reliable to turn off booting to X/etc. in *ubuntu (apparently it isn't... sometimes only in that case you get a pure console shell prompt but it's frozen) my original solution works. I'd seen some people thanked me because I'd detailed that solution (which the first person replying didn't believe was detailed enough, but it is.)

People, try to listen more to what people describe when they ask: if someone said they've already run two X sessions on their PC, don't say you think they probably suddenly don't have the hardware able to do that, so then the thread stops and gets lost after many zero-reply threads with the person asking waiting for years (what happened here.)