Re: Open a second X session

[Francois Fayard <fayard@ens.fr>]

On Sunday 25 August 2002 09:11, Christian Heimke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am Sonntag, 25. August 2002 07:23 schrieb Francois Fayard:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've just bought Win4Linux. By the way, it's quite a good application for
> > me. I can run Illustrator that I miss a lot under Linux.
> >
> > For that, there is a script that start a new X server, but I'm not
> > allowed to. I get :
> >
> > -----
> > homogenic% fwin
> > XFree86 4.x
> > X running on 0.
> >
> > Trying display 1.
> >
> > xinit /bin/sh /opt/win4lin/fullx/fwin_start.sh -- :1
> >
> > X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.
> > xinit:  unexpected signal 2
> > -----
> >
> > What do I have to do to be able to run another X session ?
> >
> > Thanks for your help
>
> you have no right to start it. Login as root and test it, it should be
> work. Maybe you must change the chmod of the script, or add the user to the
> group (useradd -gname group) "video" (but I'm not sure...).

I'm already in th video group. Doesn't work. It works as a root user but who 
wants to start Windows as root ?

>
> Bye,
>     Christian