Bug#435198: xbase-clients: can't be used to start additional servers

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Jiří Paleček wrote:
> Package: xbase-clients
> Version: 1:7.2.ds2-2
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/bin/startx
>
> Hello,
>
> when I try to start an additional screen by startx like
>
> startx -- :1
>
> the client startx is supposed to launch will not start. Moreover, if
> :0 server is running, the client will be run on that screen.

I can't reproduce the problem here. If I log in gdm on :0, I can startx
xterm in :1 and startx another regular session in :2, all of them behave
as expected.

What client is supposed to launch here? Does it help if you change the
client, for instance with
    startx /usr/bin/xterm -- :1
?

Brice