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xorg-server package

  1. Bug #972324
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 972324

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David Lichteblau (david-lichteblau) wrote :

There is a second issue with the failing rename operation that this bug report is referring to:

The target file $TMPDIR/server-B20D7FC79C7F597315E3E501AEF10E0D866E8E92.xkm is apparently shared between servers and never gets deleted. So you cannot start multiple X servers as different users, because the second server/user will attempt to mv over a file owned by a different user account.

While the main X server usually runs as root, and isn't affected by the bug, you cannot currently start Xvfb processes from multiple user accounts, for example.

Shouldn't the file (assuming it is needed at all) not have a $DISPLAY-specific name, and get deleted when the X server shuts down at the latest?