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Old 10-18-2005, 04:39 PM   #1
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Suse 10.0, no switch user in KDE?


I just installed opensuse 10.0, and when using KDE I can not switch users while leaving the previous user logged in, like I could with 9.2. What's up with that? Am I just missing the switch user- button or what? In Gnome, it works just like it's supposed.
 
Old 10-18-2005, 10:50 PM   #2
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The problem is the version of the KDE.

Not all versions of KDE have the switch user button.
I guess upgrading KDE to a higher stable version should solve the problem.


The following idea should solve your problem. (Submitted straight from the Cent OS Mailing list.)

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.

Then issue the command:

xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1

OR

xinit /usr/bin/startkde -- :1


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.

For a third user, pick a console (ctrl-alt-f3) and do:

xinit /usr/bin/startkde -- :2

(or you could do gnome)

and it should go to the graphical console (ctrl-alt-f9).

that will work easily for up to 5 users ... if you need more than that,
other things would need to be done.
 
Old 10-19-2005, 02:38 AM   #3
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OK, thanks.
 
Old 10-23-2005, 04:56 PM   #4
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Update: it seems that the problem was somehow caused by my window manager. I had gdm set as default window manager, when I changed that to kde, the switch user button magically re-appeared.
 
Old 10-23-2005, 10:24 PM   #5
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>Update: it seems that the problem was somehow caused by my window manager. I had gdm set as default window manager, when I changed that to kde, the switch user button magically re-appeared.


Virtually impossible.
Did you upgrade KDE to a later version?
 
Old 10-24-2005, 03:03 AM   #6
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No, I didn't update anything. I changed the default window manager via YAST's system configuration editor, rebooted, and voila. I found something pointing me that way here:
http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-ki...ch/001211.html
 
Old 10-24-2005, 06:26 AM   #7
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Good one.
 
Old 10-27-2005, 11:54 PM   #8
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A closer look...

Quote:
Originally posted by badbunny
No, I didn't update anything. I changed the default window manager via YAST's system configuration editor, rebooted, and voila. I found something pointing me that way here:
http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-ki...ch/001211.html
A closer read of the linked post shows that you have to change the DISPLAYMANAGER setting to kdm instead of gdm. This setting is independent of the DEFAULT_WM setting. I tried your method first to no avail. Changing the DISPLAYMANAGER to kdm worked, though.

So, what's your experience using the Switch User function? I tried it in 9.1 with little success. I'm running on a Thinkpad R40 (1.6 GHz Celery w/ 384 MB).

Last edited by JDRay; 10-27-2005 at 11:59 PM.
 
Old 10-28-2005, 12:43 AM   #9
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>I tried your method first to no avail.


Whos that to?
 
Old 10-28-2005, 01:11 AM   #10
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Quote:
Originally posted by duffmckagan
>I tried your method first to no avail.


Whos that to?
I quoted badbunny. His (?) method of changing the default window manager didn't work, but the article he (?) linked mentioned changing the display manager.
 
Old 10-28-2005, 01:43 AM   #11
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ok.

My method was a temporary and a quick workaround.
 
Old 10-28-2005, 01:58 AM   #12
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Re: A closer look...

Quote:
Originally posted by JDRay
A closer read of the linked post shows that you have to change the DISPLAYMANAGER setting to kdm instead of gdm. This setting is independent of the DEFAULT_WM setting. I tried your method first to no avail. Changing the DISPLAYMANAGER to kdm worked, though.

So, what's your experience using the Switch User function? I tried it in 9.1 with little success. I'm running on a Thinkpad R40 (1.6 GHz Celery w/ 384 MB).
Umm, well, it is remotely possible that I messed the two up... The evidence seems to point that way.
It worked fine in 9.2 and now it works in 10.0.
 
  


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