2010/5/7 pkaplan1 <pkaplan1 at comcast.net>: > Under karmic the following command would start a 2nd X session using the > specified wm > > startx /usr/share/<window manager name> -- :1 > > The same command under lucid hangs. > Have you checked the /var/log/Xorg.1.log for errors? Check what the "allowed_users" option in /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config is. / Jonas