Jonathan Horne wrote: > ive seen many systems (both linux and freebsd) that come with the ability to > switch users, ala windowsXP style. on my system, i compiled my freebsd from > sources (freebsd), so this option did not appear on my system by default. > > how can i enable user switching? When you switch users in KDE, what you are doing is running multiple X sessions (one for each user) and switching between them. So, this is probably just a configuration issue and I don't think that this is enabled by default. Check your: "$KDEDIR/share/config/kdm/kdmrc" file for the entry: ReserveServers=:1 This allocates an X session for one additional user. If you want more available, add to the list: ReserveServers=:1,:2,:3 -- JRT ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.