On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 19:06 -0500, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, Craig White wrote: > > > no - just wanting to switch via virtual console or > > > > I have been planning to set that up for my kids computer. > > Both KDE and GNOME have a feature to switch user. In GNOME, this is > provided by the fast-user-switch-applet (Fast User Switching) and > gdmflexiserver and gdmXnestchooser. KDE has Switch User option on the K > Menu. > > It can use Xnest instead of an additional X server. > > (I hoped to patch xlock to add option for switching user.) > > Here is a way to do it with xdm (and not xnest) in your xdm Xservers file: > > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7 :0 > :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt8 :1 > > Change the path to X for your system. > > Change vt7 to vt05 or whatever is appropriate for your system. > > Then start X. > > Let me know what more specifically you want to do and I will be glad to > help. > > Jeremy C. Reed > > p.s. I need feedback and reviewers for a X.org book I am co-authoring. ---- I don't know enough about X to be of much value for reviewing. That looks to supply the missing link that I needed as I wasn't assigning XServers to vt I won't be able to test until Monday Thanks Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss