I would like to start another x session but I can't do it anymore, since I installed the Proprietary ATI Drivers. Apparently it seems to be were the problem is coming from.
Does anyone know how I can have another x session running on ctrl+alt+f1 ?
I have tried startx -- :1
And I get an error:
Backtrace:
0: X(xorg_backtrace+0x26) [0x4f00c6]
1: X(xf86SigHandler+0x41) [0x4852c1]
2: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x7feb3caf5530]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(Phw770_ProgramMemoryTimingParameters+0x81) [0x7feb3b152f21]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so [0x7feb3b1572a8]
5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(PHM_DispatchTable+0xf0) [0x7feb3b124df0]
6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(PHM_SetPowerStateDeferrable+0x3b) [0x7feb3b1234bb]
7: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so [0x7feb3b166a88]
8: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(PSM_AdjustPowerState+0x248) [0x7feb3b165fb8]
9: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(PEM_Task_AdjustPowerState+0x1f) [0x7feb3b14762f]
10: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(PEM_ExcuteEventChain+0x64) [0x7feb3b145ee4]
11: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(PEM_HandleEvent_Unlocked+0x23) [0x7feb3b144583]
12: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(PEM_HandleEvent+0x25) [0x7feb3b144635]
13: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(PEM_Initialize+0x187) [0x7feb3b1448c7]
14: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so [0x7feb3b121c62]
15: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(PP_Initialize+0x28) [0x7feb3b121848]
16: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(swlPPLibInitializePowerPlay+0x90) [0x7feb3b0e93d0]
17: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(atiddxPPLibInit+0x3f) [0x7feb3b0ac72f]
18: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so [0x7feb3b0ef345]
19: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so [0x7feb3b0ed6ef]
20: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(atiddxDisplayMapAddNode+0xbb) [0x7feb3b0ed85b]
21: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(atiddxDisplayAdaptorCreate+0x9a) [0x7feb3b0ee35a]
22: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(atiddxDisplayPreInit+0x35d) [0x7feb3b0ec74d]
23: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(atiddxPreInit+0xe52) [0x7feb3b0ad5b2]
24: X(InitOutput+0x507) [0x46f017]
25: X(main+0x1fe) [0x433ece]
26: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7feb3cae0abd]
27: X [0x433509]
Saw signal 8. Server aborting.
ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
ddxSigGiveUp: re-raising 8
giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
Anyone knows how I solve that?
I want to start an x application using another session/user for some reasons, but this is blocking me
startx -- :1
and it's giving you some error message - could you tell us more about what you're seeing?sudo startx -- :1
)? That 'works' for me, for values of 'works' that include 'Starts an X session as root, without ever running GDM, so no user other than root can be logged in' - but at least it shows that there's nothing preventing F9 from being used