Multiple X Servers Not Working

[navert]

On my laptop, I used to have 2 X servers running. One for me and one for my wife. That way we could just CTRL-ALT-FX between the desktops and not have to log out. I tried to upgrade to Xorg-6.8 and that didn't work (I have ATI card), so I backed out, but in the process of trying to fix the Xorg-6.8 thing, I changed my gdm.conf file. Now, I am looking into using gdmflexiserver to handle the multiple X servers, but it is not working either.

When I create another X server, the GDM login manager succesfull loads (this is with gdmflexiserver or with gdm.conf having 2 servers setup). But when I log on to the second server, I get the "Your session was only logged in for 10 seconds, look in your log' message. This is what my log shows:

/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp
/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/gdm/:20.Xservers" -h "" -l ":20" "user2"
/etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
/etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: /usr/bin/ssh-agent -- gnome-session
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server^M
Xlib: No protocol specified
^M

(gnome-session:13853): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:


I don't quite understand why Xlib is trying to access :0.0 when it should be accessing :20. And what also boggles me is that it worked before, but now it doesn't. This is what my gdm.conf file looks like (if it helps):

[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=false
AutomaticLogin=

TimedLoginEnable=false
TimedLogin=
TimedLoginDelay=30

Greeter=/usr/bin/gdmgreeter

User=gdm
Group=gdm

LogDir=/var/log/gdm
PidFile=/var/run/gdm.pid

PostLoginScriptDir=/etc/X11/gdm/PostLogin/
PreSessionScriptDir=/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/
PostSessionScriptDir=/etc/X11/gdm/PostSession/
DisplayInitDir=/etc/X11/gdm/Init

XKeepsCrashing=/etc/X11/gdm/XKeepsCrashing

ServAuthDir=/var/gdm

BaseXsession=/etc/X11/gdm/Xsession

UserAuthDir=
UserAuthFBDir=/tmp
UserAuthFile=.Xauthority
StandardXServer=/usr/X11R6/bin/X
FlexibleXServers=5
Xnest=/usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest -audit 0 -name Xnest

FirstVT=7
VTAllocation=true

[greeter]

Browser=false

ChooserButton=false

GraphicalTheme=flowers
GraphicalThemeDir=/usr/share/gdm/themes/

SoundOnLogin=false

[debug]
Enable=false

[servers]
0=Standard
[server-Standard]
name=Standard server
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0
flexible=true

[server-Terminal]
name=Terminal server
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0 -terminate
flexible=false
handled=false

[server-Chooser]
name=Chooser server
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0

[ppurka]

yes, I have faced this problem too. in fact, i tried "New Login in a Nested Window" and "New Login" from my xfce menu. I can log in to the new screen but the new session is displayed in my :0.0 screen. I once tried loggin into kde and the entire kde stuff (panel, etc) was displayed on top and along with my xfce stuff
does some1 have a solution to this?
TIA

[navert]

I happened upon a forum here in gentoo that explained a way to fix it. I uncommented the three lines that were mentioned in the pam_env.conf and it is working now. I don't know what those three lines were for, but it is working for me now.[/url]