On 17/03/10 08:18 PM, Dan Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 12:43 -0400, Bill C Riemers wrote: > >> I do not know if this is the same thing, but one really annoying think >> I have found with network manager, is the desktop icon for it only >> appears under one login. Which means for example if my son gets up >> in the morning and logs into my laptop to play a game. When I come >> down and press "switch user". My login will have no access to >> network manager. If I need to connect to vpn or such, I'm screwed. >> If the wifi connection drops and I need to change a setting, I end up >> having to logout, force logout my son, and then log back in, just so I >> can access the wifi settings. >> >> Considering that Linux is designed from the ground up to be a >> multi-user multi-process operating system, this type of oversight >> seems unimaginable. So what can I do to help to fix this? >> > Fast-user-switching has only really become feasible on Linux in the last > few years, and that's what you're looking for. There's a plan in place > for supporting it though, so it'll show for an upcoming release. Yes, > it sucks that it's not "supported" yet. But we're working to fix that. > > Dan > > True. But it has always been possible to run multiple X11 servers, and switch by pressing CTRL+ALT+Fx where x is the virtual console number. However, I assume any fix for fast switching will also take care of the legacy methods of switching user. I am glad to hear the feature is in the works.
Of course, I don't really do the steps I described when my son is logged into my laptop. Instead I just start openvnc from the command line... However, most newer Linux users are barely even aware there are command line methods to control the network. Bill _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
