duffmckagan wrote:
> Sorry, but I wasn't able to Login to a new session even with this
> Procedure. don't understand whats wrong with it.
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> When i use the following command
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> ctrl+alt+F2
> xinit /usr/bin/startkde -:1
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You are missing a --
xinit /usr/bin/startkde -- :1
-Mark
> I get error messages like
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>>unable to open display
>>cannot connect to xserver and stuff like that.
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> Moreover, thought the following command would do.
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> ctrl+alt+f2
> xinit /usr/bin/kdm -:1
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>>fatal server error
>>server is already active for display 0
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> if this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.x0-lock and start again.
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> On 8/2/05, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 21:10 +1200, Tom wrote:
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>>>duffmckagan wrote:
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>>>>I have Cent OS 4 with KDE.
>>>>How do I enable an option of starting a new session with the current running?
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>>>>What I want to do is.....If I Lock my Screen, the other user should be
>>>>able to Login to a new session on the Same computer.
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>>There was just a thread on the list that explains how to do this
>>perfectly :)
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>>First, you lock your screen, then you press ctrl-alt-F2 (or ctrl-alt-f3,
>>f4, f5) and allow the other user to login at the console as the user you
>>want.
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>>Then issue the command:
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>>xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1
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>>xinit /usr/bin/startkde -- :1
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>>You would then use (one of these) ctrl-alt-f8, f9, f10, f11, f12 to
>>access the session ... and ctrl-alt-f7 for your orginal session.
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>>For a third user, pick a console (ctrl-alt-f3) and do:
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>>xinit /usr/bin/startkde -- :2
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>>(or you could do gnome)
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>>and it should go to the graphical console (ctrl-alt-f9).
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>>that will work easily for up to 5 users ... if you need more than that,
>>other things would need to be done.
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>>>>I hope this is clear.
>>>>Thank you.
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>>>Ubuntu have this feature, switch users, but I haven't been able to do it
>>>without losing the other session. [centos 3 & 4]
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