[LightDM] Starting multiseat in lightdm.conf fails

[Robert Ancell]

Hi Zoltan,

If there are no errors in the LightDM logs then it looks like a limitation
of your hardware? Perhaps only one screen supports OpenGL?

You might have more luck filing bugs against X in Ubuntu.

--Robert


On 8 January 2013 02:12, Zoltan Szecsei <zoltans at geograph.co.za> wrote:

> Hi,
> Using ubuntu 12.10 with default lightdm v1.4.0 and default unity-greeter.
>
> Please can someone help.
>
>
> I am certain that my xorg.conf and lightdm.conf are correct because if I
> uncomment Seat0 and comment out Seat1 then the correct monitor comes up and
> is fully usable.
> Likewise if I comment out Seat0 and uncomment Seat1 it also works (on the
> other kyb/monitor/mouse).
>
> When I uncomment both Seat0 and Seat1 then nothing comes up and I get a
> banner message on Seat0 screen:
> "The system is running in low graphics mode"
> "Your Screen, Graphics card and input device settings could not be
> detected correctly. You will need to configure them yourself"
>
>
> I can see no errors in /var/log/ Xorg.0.log (and .1.log)
> nor in any of the /var/log/lightdm/*   files
>
> Thanks & regards,
> Zoltan
>
>
> My /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file has:
>
> [LightDM]
>
> #start-default-seat=true
> #greeter-user=lightdm
> minimum-display-number=0
> minimum-vt=7
> #user-authority-in-system-dir=**false
> #guest-account-script=guest-**account
> #log-directory=/var/log/**lightdm
> #run-directory=/var/run/**lightdm
> #cache-directory=/var/cache/**lightdm
> #xsessions-directory=/usr/**share/xsessions
> #xgreeters-directory=/usr/**share/xgreeters
>
> [SeatDefaults]
>
> xserver-command=/usr/bin/X
> #xserver-layout=
> #xserver-config=
> #xserver-allow-tcp=false
> #xdmcp-manager=
> #xdmcp-port=177
> #xdmcp-key=
> ##############################**############greeter-session=**
> lightdm-gtk-greeter
> greeter-session=unity-greeter
> #greeter-hide-users=false
> #greeter-allow-guest=true
> greeter-show-manual-login=true
> ##############################**############user-session=**xubuntu
> user-session=ubuntu
> #allow-guest=true
> #guest-session=UNIMPLEMENTED
> #session-wrapper=lightdm-**session
> #display-setup-script=
> #greeter-setup-script=
> #session-setup-script=
> #session-cleanup-script=
> #autologin-guest=false
> #autologin-user=
> #autologin-user-timeout=0
> #autologin-session=**UNIMPLEMENTED
> exit-on-failure=true
>
> [Seat:0]
> xserver-command=/usr/bin/X :0 -sharevts
> xserver-config=xorg.conf
> xserver-layout=seatTop
>
> [Seat:1]
> xserver-command=/usr/bin/X :1 -sharevts
> xserver-config=xorg.conf
> xserver-layout=seatMid
>
>
>
>
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