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List:       xfree-xpert
Subject:    Re: [Xpert] running xterm twice causes tty user to "disappear" from w
From:       "Mohammad A. Haque" <mhaque () haque ! net>
Date:       2000-09-30 0:56:41
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Verified using 2.4.0-test7 and CVS from Thursday, Sepetember 28th.
Problem did not exist on a 2.4.0-test9pre2 system using xterm version:
XFree86 4.0.1(139)

John Bafford wrote:
> 
> Using the CVS version of XFree86 4.0.1 from Wednesday, I am
> experiencing a curious problem.
> 
> Once X has started, the second xterm spawned causes the user that is
> logged into the console from which X was started from disappears from
> the `w` users list. This is reproducable every time I try it.
> 
> This problem does not happen on my other machine, running XFree86
> 4.0.1 from July 1st.
> 
> Sequence of events:
> 
> (log in on tty1)
> startx
> xterm&
> w               -- two users: tty1 and pts/0
> xterm&
> w               -- two users: pts/0 and pts/1
> (exit from X)
> w               -- from tty1: no users (!!)
> 
> xterm version: XFree86 4.0.1c(146)
> Linux 2.2.16
> 
> Can anyone else verify or reproduce this problem?

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