Actually, not a problem - found the gdm "switch user" can start new sessions with whatever desktop needed. I was trying to do it via a console login for each session type.
BillK On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 14:57 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote: > My laptop normally runs gnome but T want to demo some other desktops > tomorrow and kde is giving me problems - kde-meta 4.4.5 is installed. I > think last time I did this it was kde-3.5 but that almost two years ago > now and the same method isnt working for 4.4.5. I have a different user > setup for each demo, I need all desktops to be running concurrently. > > >startkde > $DISPLAY is not set or cannot connect to the X server > > The same occurs if I use startkde -- :1 etc > > Note that I want to run kde at the same time as gnome, fluxbox, xfce and > LXDE > > I'm also having problems with LXDE but thats a different error ... > > BillK > > -- William Kenworthy <[email protected]> Home in Perth!
