Jerry Feldman wrote: > On 12/10/2008 01:34 PM, Don Levey wrote: >> Jeff Spaleta wrote: >> >>> >>>>> >>> 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 >> >> > I'm coming in a bit late on this, but the switch user feature has been > around in KDE for quite a while. I used it when I used to run SuSE. > After further experimentation, I've found that: 1) From within KDE, selecting "switch user" brings me the older version's verbiage regarding Ctrl-Alt-F7. However, The end effect is that this locks my session and gives me a password prompt. There is no opportunity to select a different user. 2) From within Gnome, I can indeed switch users via the "Logout" option. This does start a new X greeter, and I can login to a second session using KDE. The new session is at Ctrl-Alt-F7 and the old at Ctrl-Alt-F1. A third can be started, on *-*-F8. This means that I must always have at least one Gnome session active, and I must use that as my control session. It also seems that there's a "mixed metaphor" in that the first X session is F1 but the rest start at F7. Is there, perhaps, a plan to at least fix the KDE switch user functionality? Thanks, -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
