Starting a new X display for a game...

[SBFC]

Hello all. I was wondering if anyone new how to launch a game with a new display so that while in game you could switch back to your other display. I remember reading something about it a while back but now I can't seem to locate the source.

Just want a separate display running Wolf:ET while I play.

Thanks.

[Drezliok]

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft

The script there can be adapted for that purpose.

[SBFC]

Many thanks.

[SBFC]

When attempting to start a new x session for games I receive the following errors:

xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/oblivion/.Xauthority
xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/oblivion/.Xauthority
xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/oblivion/.Xauthority
xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/oblivion/.Xauthority
X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.
xinit:  Server error.
xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/oblivion/.Xauthority
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console

Could anyone shed some light on this?

[hikaricore]

Use sudo. gksudo. or kdesu to launch the new X session?

[SBFC]

This one's a real bugger.

Not that I'm opposed to starting a new session with root, but you should be able to do it as a normal user. Take vncserver for example, run it as a user, and a new display is created on :1.

Meh.

[hikaricore]

I can't remember where, but somewhere there is a setting to allow X to be started by a normal user. >.<

I just never worried enough to find out.

[SBFC]

Well, if you change the line

allowed_users=console

in the /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config file to

allowed_users=anybody

you can launch another X session.

Only problem I'm having now is once the second X session is launched, when I switch back to display :0 via Alt+Ctrl+F7 my session is foobarred. Just a black screen with a moving cursor. Then if I try and go back to screen :1 after that via Alt+Ctrl+F8 that too is a black screen with a moving cursor. Have to restart gdm to fix it.

[hikaricore]

Hmm... i've never had that problem. Maybe try disablling your screensaver?

Atleast it will rule that out as a possibility, unless it is right after launching, then I'm not really sure what it could be.

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btw are using the "DISPLAY=:3"? because for me that's ctrl+alt+f9 O.o

[SBFC]

No, I'm using :1. And the screen going black is happening right after I lanuch the new session and attempt to switch back.

Wonder if my vid card could somehow be behind it. Hope not.