Jeff Spaleta wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Don Levey <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Jeff Spaleta wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 6:28 AM, Don Levey <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Is this no longer possible in F10? The upgrade of my home desktop >>>> depends upon this functionality. >>> Why aren't you just using fast user switching from your desktop to >>> start up the second gdm session for your wife to log into? >>> >>> -jef >>> >> Please forgive my ignorance - what/where is that? > > In gnome, you can "switch user" from logout dialog once you are logged > in, or from the switch user applet (which is active in the default > desktop. it the applet showing your name) > The switch user applet also gives you a pull down list of users who > are currently logged in I think as well as letting you log in a new > user into a new desktop session. > > When you "switch user" who is not yet logged in, gdm starts a new > greeter and lets the additional user login. You can think switch back > and forth between logged in users using the say switching mechanism. > > If you do multiple startx instances I'm not sure the user switching > sees the multiple instances that way, startx might not run coordiated > gdm's. I haven't personally tested that. > > -jef > I see - thanks. I'm not running gnome, but KDE, so I don't think that'll work. -Don -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
