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To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: xdm running two sessions HOW? 
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Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 06:22:13 EDT
From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@x.org>
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> i have removed the getty from two consoles.
> 
> how can i get xdm to start two sessions?
> 
> /etc/ttys:
> ttyv2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  off insecure
> ttyv3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  off insecure
> 
> Xservers:
> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0
> :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1
> 

I'm pretty sure there's a race condition even though your xdm-error log
shows that two servers did use two different VTs. You probably want to 
use the -vt option to force a particular server onto an explicit VT, e.g.:

:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -vt 3
:1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 -vt 4

--

Kaleb KEITHLEY