On Thu, 16 May 2002, - PSHunter wrote: > I have thought about a scheme allowing multiple users to > have an X session simultaneously.
> When a user wants to lock his session, the only thing *dm > has to do is to hide the Xnest window (the login box is > always open behind them) and prompt another user to log in. I don't much like the idea. How do you stop the second user from hiding his window and bringing the first user's window to the front ? Personally, I think that it is much better if each user logs out when they leave, otherwise you could end up with a dozen users on the screen. All those KDEs, Gnomes and netscapes could take up a lot of memory. What happens when the first user goes to a different terminal ? They still have their first session running on the first terminal, but can't quit it unless the scecond user quits. If you want users to keep their session when they leave, why not use VNC (http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/) ? This seems to overcome most of my objections (the sessions will still take up memory). -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
