Hi
> > My home PC runs Fedora Core 1 with the Gnome Desktop. My wife and I have
> > separate user accounts so we can both log in and use our own mail clients,
> > have our own desktop settings etc. The one thing that I am sick of is
> > having to log out of each others' accounts and then log into our own to
> > read email etc.
> >
> > Windows XP has functionality which enables you to switch between users
> > quickly. Is there a way in linux to be able to switch users quickly
> > without logging off one user and then logging onto the other?
>
> Totally - GNOME has had this feature for ages! :-) You can even run another
> session in a little window in your existing session. The two menu items that
> will help you out (yes, they should be in more sensible locations):
>
> Applications > System Tools > New Login
> Applications > System Tools > New Login in a Nested Window
>
> The second will only appear if you have xnest installed, and will launch a
> new login screen in a window, rather than as a full screen display.
>
> Switching between the logins is a little bit harder than Windows XP, because
> we haven't nicely integrated it into the UI as much, but you only need to
> hit Ctrl-Alt-F7 (the normal first display) and Ctrl-Alt-F8 (for the second
> display).
>
> Hopefully this functionality will be exposed in a much nicer way during the
> next GNOME development cycle. :-)
How about the nice, easy, fast solution:
Edit gdm.conf (probably /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf, but I have not got an FC)
Setup 2 (or lots of X servers: near the bottom
[servers]
# These are the standard servers. You can add as many you want here
# and they will always be started. Each line must start with a unique
# number and that will be the display number of that server. Usually
# just
# the 0 server is used.
1=Standard
etc
Now user a logs in on <ctl><alt><f7>
b logs in on <ctl><alt><f8>
etc etc
Now chose your login-session and use it, independant of the other user.
Mail me if you want an exact recipe
James
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