On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 18:36:44 -0400 Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/4/19, nektarios <nektarios@mail.nektarioskatakis.xyz> wrote: > > On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 21:01:57 +0100 > > Ed <ed-debian@s5h.net> wrote: > >> > >> 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? > > > After sending mine off here, I re-read and thought,, *OH, man, I fully > missed the point.* > > But I *was* able to get a GUI of *some* sort. I'm on Bullseye with > xfce4 and ALL that it draws in. > > I've never tried to get anything to interact. It's always about get > in, un-bork something, and get back out. > > Messaging between the sessions ala the way we were able to with AS/400 > systems mid-1990's comes to mind as a way to test that interaction > ability. I've come across references to packages that MIGHT do that, > but I've never had an excuse to download and test drive it/them. > > > > Indeed the problem seems reproducible for debian Stretch with sddm > > display manager. > > > I'll have to give it another shot with those specifics you all are > saying, but today's definitely not that day *cognitively*. :) > > I've seen where some of you all write about having even more > minimalist systems than my bare bones debootstraps. I've tried going > that route and just haven't found something that fits what I need. > Might just be about adaptation and the lack of being able to do so > under extreme duress/stress. > > > > The only logs appearing are from KDE applications (nothing in X11 > > logs): ``` > > Aug 4 22:40:41 buldozer org.kde.kpasswdserver[958]: The X11 > > connection broke (error 1). Did the X11 server die? > > Aug 4 22:40:41 buldozer org.kde.kuiserver[958]: kuiserver: Fatal > > IO error: client killed > > Aug 4 22:40:41 buldozer org.a11y.atspi.Registry[1251]: XIO: fatal > > IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0" > > Aug 4 22:40:41 buldozer org.kde.kglobalaccel[958]: The X11 > > connection broke (error 1). Did the X11 server die? > > Aug 4 22:40:41 buldozer org.a11y.atspi.Registry[1251]: after > > 947 requests (947 known processed) with 0 events remaining. > > Aug 4 22:40:41 buldozer org.kde.KScreen[958]: The X11 connection > > broke (error 1). Did the X11 server die? > > ``` > > > > Unfortunately my PC even worse gets stuck after that so I cant > > really tell if X11 is running. > > I hadn't used multiple x sessions for sometime (after I got used to > > multiple desktops) but this seems an issue. > > > Mine referenced going to ~/.local/share/xorg/* for feedback. That's > where I did find what appeared to be tinely appropriate for my shot at > this. > > Started to joke that I'm grateful mine at least didn't do that (get > stuck), BUT... it DID take it n extra long while to calm down when I > got back over to F7. That was after I successfully logged in as root > AND "elf" (instead of "candycane") in full xfce4 graphical interface. > > I'm on extremely limited hardware resources right now. 1GB RAM memory > so I *a-sumed* that was probably what the momentary hangup was there > when coming back up after those two success stories occurred. > > I'll have to try doing more of what it sounds like you all are doing. > I downloaded several different "window managers" (versus "desktop > environments") just two or three weeks ago but then came back over to > ol' familiar and friendly Xfce4. Thank you to its Developers! > > I need to order a new hard drive (TODAY, yikes). With this thread in > mind, I'll create a couple extra partitions dedicated to the "window > managers" part of this thread when it's time. > > Cindy :) The xorg log file doesn't seem to have any kind of error in it. At [1501.620] I start the new session but shows nothing. You can find it attached. Nektarios.
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