RE: Open new session with same user (in GDM)

2013-02-22 Thread Mark Allums
How about running two different DMs? Isn't that what that's for? Can't have competing DMs like KDM, GDM, and LightDM. But why shouldn't LXDE and e17 run at the same time? Or Xfce4 and Xfce4 and Gnome and Xfce4? (I assume you mean DEs, not DMs. Or we might as well want to run 2 inits!

RE: Open new session with same user (in GDM)

2013-02-22 Thread Morel Bérenger
It would generalize the principle, but it's a bit like multiple inheritance in C++ vs. single inheritance plus multiple interfaces in Java. Multiple is nice, but it really is a can of worms, which Java tries to sidestep. Mostly, people are just going to say that you can get what you want

RE: Open new session with same user (in GDM)

2013-02-22 Thread Mark Allums
From: Morel Bérenger [mailto:berenger.mo...@neutralite.org] It would generalize the principle, but it's a bit like multiple inheritance in C++ vs. single inheritance plus multiple interfaces in Java. Multiple is nice, but it really is a can of worms, which Java tries to sidestep.

Re: Open new session with same user (in GDM)

2013-02-21 Thread Morel Bérenger
Le Jeu 21 février 2013 7:29, Alois Mahdal a écrit : On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:55:06 -0600 Mark Allums m...@allums.com wrote: Le 21/02/2013 00:32, Mark Allums a écrit : From: Kent West [mailto:we...@acu.edu] On 02/20/2013 04:07 PM, Alois Mahdal wrote: Hello to all! How do I create two

Open new session with same user (in GDM)

2013-02-20 Thread Alois Mahdal
Hello to all! How do I create two same-user sessions from GDM? Say I'm logged in in Xfce (which I normally use, therefore have many windows / apps open) and want to quickly report a bug. But before I do that, I want to check if the same happens in GNOME. xfswitch-plugin (User switching in Panel

Re: Open new session with same user (in GDM)

2013-02-20 Thread Kent West
On 02/20/2013 04:07 PM, Alois Mahdal wrote: Hello to all! How do I create two same-user sessions from GDM? Say I'm logged in in Xfce (which I normally use, therefore have many windows / apps open) and want to quickly report a bug. But before I do that, I want to check if the same happens in

RE: Open new session with same user (in GDM)

2013-02-20 Thread Mark Allums
-Original Message- From: Kent West [mailto:we...@acu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:52 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Open new session with same user (in GDM) On 02/20/2013 04:07 PM, Alois Mahdal wrote: Hello to all! How do I create two same

Re: Open new session with same user (in GDM)

2013-02-20 Thread Erwan David
Le 21/02/2013 00:32, Mark Allums a écrit : -Original Message- From: Kent West [mailto:we...@acu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:52 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Open new session with same user (in GDM) On 02/20/2013 04:07 PM, Alois Mahdal wrote: Hello

RE: Open new session with same user (in GDM)

2013-02-20 Thread Mark Allums
Le 21/02/2013 00:32, Mark Allums a écrit : From: Kent West [mailto:we...@acu.edu] On 02/20/2013 04:07 PM, Alois Mahdal wrote: Hello to all! How do I create two same-user sessions from GDM? Say I'm logged in in Xfce (which I normally use, therefore have many windows / apps open)

Re: Open new session with same user (in GDM)

2013-02-20 Thread Alois Mahdal
On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:32:40 -0600 Mark Allums m...@allums.com wrote: [...] As far as starting a new session at GDM, wouldn't it be like starting any other session with GDM? Just choose your window manager+DE with the pulldown menu? What am I missing? At the moment when you already have a

Re: Open new session with same user (in GDM)

2013-02-20 Thread Alois Mahdal
On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:55:06 -0600 Mark Allums m...@allums.com wrote: Le 21/02/2013 00:32, Mark Allums a écrit : From: Kent West [mailto:we...@acu.edu] On 02/20/2013 04:07 PM, Alois Mahdal wrote: Hello to all! How do I create two same-user sessions from GDM? Say I'm logged