[opensuse] double X server problem ATI fglrx driver SOLVED

For the archive... I recently updated an on-board pci video with the ATI X1050 (hardware) and activated the card's 3D accelerator (see the archive for the details). I soon noticed that two X servers were running (one session owner, the other sleeping) both on :0 vtty7, the one looking like a fork of the other... same mem, same start time, incremental process id, no associated -:0 and no running time... obviously not doing anything except taking up memory and irritating me. :-O Well, I wanted the fglrx driver from ATI for the 3D acceleration and failed to realize that the larger contribution of the driver is dual head support. Although I had the xorg.conf configured as only one screen, CLONE mode off, Xinerama off, DesktopSetup "s" (single), and have only ONE display card with only ONE monitor... the silly driver starts a second X server to handle the second head --- if I ever want to add it ! I have not been able to find a way to prevent the startup, except to turn on Xinerama. Xinerama will handle both monitors on one X server as one large desk... or, by turning Xinerama off two X servers can be running, one for each of the monitors. If I turn on Xinerama then the second X server does not startup... *and* 3D acceleration is not activated. Of course all the help on the web is regarding HOWTO make dual heads work... not HOWTO disable dual heads.... :^) So, it looks like this little feature is normal... the second server (always has a larger process number and Stat codes of SL+ ) can be killed -SIGTERM, and the primary session owner will function fine without it--- (has a lower process id, active time, and Stat codes of SLs+ ). Or if memory is not an issue... just let it sit in memory.... I'm pretty sure its not a trojan waiting to do something naughty. Probably not. Most likely not. nah. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org