Second X session

[Paul Kaplan]

On Wednesday 07 June 2006 23:12, Paul Kaplan wrote:
> I'm trying to start a second X session on a second console using icewm
> instead of the default wm (kde) using the command
> startx icewm --:1
>
> On other distros, this works fine, but under 6.06, I'm met with the
> following error:
>
> FreeFontPath: FPE
> "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
>
> and then I'm returned to the command prompt.
>
> If I just do startx -- :1, on the second console, I get a second instance
> of X running KDE, but I'd really like to run the lighter WM on the
> second console.
>
> Can anyone shed lite on this error and how to resolve?
> TIA
> Paul
...but this morning the icons suddenly appeared...Go figure?!?