[Techtalk] running multiple concurrent sessions

[coldfire]

> I've been playing with running multiple concurrent sessions on one machine. 
> It is easy and fun, at least in console mode. (RH 7.2) I can open six, 
> Alt+F1- F6, any combination of users I want. but when I try to open an x 
> session it crashes as soon as I switch away.
> 
> For example, at Alt+F6 I'll fire up KDE. Works fine until I switch to one of 
> the others, for example Ctrl+Alt+F1. when I come back it is crashed. Same for 
> Gnome and XFCE. Should be plenty of hardware resources, Duron 800/256 RAM.
> 
> Should it not be possible to do this? All of my personalities must find 
> simultaneous expression. Red hat docs are unhelpful.

I do believe that this problem depends heavily on the video hardware and
the drivers you are using with it .. of course, the version of X may be a
factor.  I've had this trouble with some older video cards.

Since you are running Redhat 7.2, I bet your X version is quite high.  Are
you running the high resolution consoles?  I have seen that cause weird
problems when switching to and from X before ...


coldie