x and virtual consoles

From	Ed <ed-debian@s5h.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	x and virtual consoles
Date	2019-08-04 22:10 +0200
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Hello,

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?

-- 
Best regards,
Ed http://www.s5h.net/

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x and virtual consoles Ed <ed-debian@s5h.net> - 2019-08-04 22:10 +0200
  Re: x and virtual consoles Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-08-05 00:10 +0200
  Re: x and virtual consoles nektarios <nektarios@mail.nektarioskatakis.xyz> - 2019-08-05 00:10 +0200
    Re: x and virtual consoles Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-08-05 00:40 +0200
    Re: x and virtual consoles Ed <ed-debian@s5h.net> - 2019-08-05 08:30 +0200
  Re: x and virtual consoles Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-08-05 02:10 +0200
    Re: x and virtual consoles Ed Neville <ed-debian@s5h.net> - 2019-08-05 08:30 +0200
  Re: x and virtual consoles Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-08-05 12:00 +0200
    Re: x and virtual consoles Ed <ed-debian@s5h.net> - 2019-08-05 23:00 +0200
  Re: x and virtual consoles deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-08-05 13:20 +0200
    Re: x and virtual consoles Ed <ed-debian@s5h.net> - 2019-08-05 23:00 +0200
      Re: x and virtual consoles David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-08-06 00:10 +0200
        Re: x and virtual consoles Ed <ed-debian@s5h.net> - 2019-08-06 08:20 +0200
          Re: x and virtual consoles David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-08-06 16:20 +0200
      Re: x and virtual consoles Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-08-06 08:10 +0200
        Re: x and virtual consoles Ed <ed-debian@s5h.net> - 2019-08-06 08:20 +0200
          Re: x and virtual consoles Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-08-06 09:40 +0200
            Re: x and virtual consoles deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-08-06 14:50 +0200
              Re: x and virtual consoles Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-08-06 15:30 +0200
                Re: x and virtual consoles Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-08-06 15:50 +0200
                Re: x and virtual consoles Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-08-06 16:40 +0200
                Re: x and virtual consoles Ed Neville <ed-debian@s5h.net> - 2019-08-06 21:00 +0200
            Re: x and virtual consoles Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2019-09-10 08:40 +0200
  Re: x and virtual consoles Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-08-05 13:40 +0200
    Re: x and virtual consoles Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-08-05 17:20 +0200
      Re: x and virtual consoles Ed <ed-debian@s5h.net> - 2019-08-05 19:20 +0200
      Re: x and virtual consoles Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-08-05 20:30 +0200

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