[Xquartz-dev] Autolaunched X11 doesn't work with fast-user-switching

[Merle Reinhart]

It surprised me as well that a default clean Leopard install updated  
to 10.5.1 worked with multiple users running the xserver.  Both from  
within their environments were utilizing a DISPLAY of /tmp/launchd- 
xxxxx/:0 however, xxxxx was different for each user which I'm guessing  
is somehow why it really worked.  I tried it a couple of times to make  
sure I wasn't just seeing something that sometimes worked and  
sometimes didn't, but it worked every time I tried.

As soon as I started adding the x.org update packages, it broke.

Since it worked with the original Leopard X11, I did not file a bug  
report at Apple, but just on macosxforge.

If there is something specific you would like me to try and test to  
help isolate the problem, let me know.

Merle




On Dec 16, 2007, at 4:45 AM, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:

> I think the problem stems from our using the default lock file: / 
> tmp/.X0-lock ... I don't see why the  original Leopard would've  
> worked for you, so can you please check that out and verify?
>
> I'll try to fix this up as I rework the startup stuff... if you  
> haven't already, would you mind filing a bug for it for me, so I  
> don't forget?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>
> On Dec 15, 2007, at 20:14, Merle Reinhart wrote:
>
>> The original Leopard X11 did not have this problem.  I don't have a  
>> Leopard with the version just prior to X11-2.1.1 at this point in  
>> time to determine if it was X11-2.1.1 where the problem occurred or  
>> not (I can probably get there by the end of the weekend).
>>
>> Merle
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 15, 2007, at 8:38 PM, Merle Reinhart wrote:
>>
>>> I've been doing a bit more testing with X11-2.1.1 and find that  
>>> the autolaunching stuff doesn't work if one user already has the  
>>> Xserver started.  At that point, any other user logging in via  
>>> fast-user switching is not able to then use X11 (attempting to set  
>>> DISPLAY to :1.0 and manually start X11.app winds up in an infinite  
>>> loop with Xquartz still trying to talk to the server at :0.0 which  
>>> is owned by the other user).
>>>
>>> At this point in time, I have not been about to find a workaround  
>>> that would allow more than one user to utilize X11.app at the same  
>>> time.  Could this be because launchd is explicitly hard-coded to  
>>> look at the :0 socket when the socket should increase based upon  
>>> the number of logged in users?
>>>
>>> This is potentially a problem with multi-user systems where X11  
>>> may be needed.
>>>
>>> Merle
>>>
>>>
>>>
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