On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 19:43 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Rex Dieter wrote: > > afaik, there is no standard here. kde/kdm does it one way, gdm/gnome > > another. And iirc, kde's user switching feature existed first, if it > > matters. > > Right. KDE/KDM starts a new X display with the new user, whereas (as far as > I know) GNOME/GDM lets the new user take over the existing X display, which > is supposedly faster, but harder to implement. There's also ConsoleKit magic > involved in the G* implementation whereas for the K* one, the new X display > just gets registered as a new session with ConsoleKit by the regular KDM > ConsoleKit integration. > > Kevin Kofler I believe you are wrong. GDM opens a new X session in the next vacant TTY. At least it does so on two different F11 and F12 machines I use. - Gilboa
