I see what you mean. But don't you get a big performance hit, especially with slideshows running in the background? You must have a lot of memory on your computer?

Brian

Howdy Folks,

After checking the Gentoo Linux Wiki, I noticed that

does indeed activate KDM and start a new session. So, here's how I
created a "switch users" icon:

In Enlightenment, go to the main menu, and select the configuration
panel. Select applications, then "New Application." Click the
advanced button right away. Under Name, pick a name (mine was "Switch
Users") and then under "executable" enter the command

then choose a category for the new application; I chose "System." You
can also choose an icon. Mine was the familiar Crystal Project "system.png".

Click apply, then close, then add the application to your iBar. The net result of this is creating a ".desktop" file that should be accessible in any window manager.

Now I can use E17 at home! Yippee!!!

Thanks for all your help.
Joel

Only 1.21 Gigabytes. The only times I notice a performance hit are when I activate silly things like compositing; after a few minutes I decide its not worth it.

This may have something to do with various lines of evidence indicating I have multiple CPUs...

Joel

Hello there,

I've been using kdmctl reserve for a few days and have noticed that sometimes I end up logged out of the original session (the one that I switched users *From*); does anybody know where I can find out more about this command, or where I should look for the script that KDE uses in its typical "Lock this session and start a new one" menu entry?

In case you're wondering why I'm asking, instead of just looking on google: I *did* look on Google and this thread was the top response

Joel

Recently I have not gotten logged out of the original session, but locked out of the new one; in other words, I switch back to my original session and then can't get back into the new one.

Joel

I found the problem and the solution. The problem was that I did

and screwed up the setuid bit on /usr/bin/kcheckpass, the program that allows one to log back in.

At the advice of this threadhttp://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=480938 I did

I'm sure I'll be living with the ramifications of that chown command for a while. I'll think of that first next time I have a problem like this.

Joel

I know this is an old thread but it still comes up high in google. Users that normally have gnome-screensaver running (I use Ubuntu) can just use this command to lock their screen and show a "Switch User" button. I just set Ctrl+Alt+L to run it and it works flawlessly:

gnome-screensaver-command --lock

The best solution I've found is to make a desktop file with the command 'kdmctl reserve' for those running KDM.

Other solutions I've found (beware, some are humorous):

1. Don't use X
   
2. Use KDE or GNOME instead of Enlightenment
   
3. Use runlevel 3 and start independent X sessions by passing parameters to startx (man startx)

Joel