[FC3] Switching GUI terminals fails

[P Jones]

On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 12:07 -0500, P Jones wrote:
> Hi all;
> 
> I like to use the multiple X login feature, that is, logging in to GNOME
> as usual, then dropping to terminal 5 and doing a "startx -- :8" to
> launch another session of GNOME on terminal 8. This worked fine in FC1
> and 2, but now in 3, the second session launches fine, and  can switch
> back to the first session on 7, but when switching back to the session
> on 8 I only get a flashing cursor. Dropping to another terminal, and
> doing a ps ux, I can see that X and GNOME are running on 8, but I can't
> get the GUI to come back. Any ideas? This happens on all three of my
> machines.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -P
> 

Replying to my own question; I found the session that I started on 8. It
has moved to 9. So now I have my main session running on 7, and the
second session that I started on terminal 5 or 6, and that fired up on
8, has now somehow moved to 9. Can anyone repeat this and if so, what's
happening?