i tried this..
and i ended up with a blank screen.. i was also not able to go to my
original session in ctrl+alt+f7
and i rebooted my machine..
On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 4:37 AM, <pkaplan1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Try the brute force method...
>
> From within an X session, type CTRL+ALT+F2. This will get you to a console outside the current X session.
> (the open session will be at ALT+F7)
>
> Login. Then enter start a new X session.
>
> startx -- :1 (starts a new session w/ the default window manager)
> startx /usr/bin/startkde -- :1 (starts a new kde3 session)
> startx /usr/lib/kde4/bin/startkde -- :1 (starts a new kde4 session)
>
> You can switch between the two sessions at ALT+F7 and ALT+F8
>
> The locations of the startkde scripts may vary between distros.
> Paul
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Kishore <kitts.mailinglists@xxxxxxxxx>
>> On Sunday 06 Jul 2008 11:08:42 am mark wrote:
>> > On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Kishore <kitts.mailinglists@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > > On Sunday 06 Jul 2008 2:08:57 am mark wrote:
>> > >> how can i start a new kde/x/gnome session...
>> > >> in kde3 i can right click and choose start new session.. how do i do it
>> > >> in kde4?
>> > >
>> > > From the kickoff menu, inside the "Leave" tab there should an option to
>> > > "Switch User"
>> >
>> > i tried that, i get this attached screen shot, what do i do next?
>> > i tried to typing in app's etc. nothing worked..
>>
>> Hmmm... Something must be wrong. I tried that here in KDE 4.1 (SVN) and was
>> presented with a login screen after okaying a warning message. Sorry i do not
>> have a second use on this machine to test.
>> --
>> Cheers!
>> Kishore
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