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nomadpenguin

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Registered: 2014-07-24

Posts: 15

How can I run steam in a second X server?

I've been trying to run steam in a second X server so that I can "alt-tab" by switching ttys. I've tried following this and this. and switching the binary to /usr/bin/steam -bigpicture. When I do this, the screen goes black except for a cursor at the top left. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to run a wm?

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,061

Re: How can I run steam in a second X server?

Any chance your problem stems from Xorg 1.16 trying to run in rootless mode?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=184496

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nomadpenguin

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Registered: 2014-07-24

Posts: 15

Re: How can I run steam in a second X server?

I've set needs_root_rights=yes in Xwrapper.config, but it still does the same thing.

loh

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Registered: 2014-02-26

Posts: 34

Re: How can I run steam in a second X server?

@nomadpenguin: This sounds very similar to an issue that I was having over the summer following the xorg update. Here's how I got things working.