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Monday, April 12th 2004, 5:45pm

Author: RedSkier

Re: Switching to a different user with out logging out

Sorry for the poor term there. Yes, by "kdm config file" I meant the Xservers file that you had referenced. And yes, I found that there was a Xservers file in both <path>/xdm and <path>/kdm directories and so, made the same changes to both. And yes, your help ultimately did work exactly as you said it would. Strangely enough, when I posted last night, I wasn't seeing any 'start new session' feature being turned on but this morning - lo and behold, there it was. It works perfectly as advertised. ...

Monday, April 12th 2004, 7:00am

Author: RedSkier

Re: Switching to a different user with out logging out

OK, I made the suggested mods to the kdm config file and also did the same to /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers . And I'm pretty sure that I have the four displays working - tty0 thru tty3. But I'm not seeing any means to get another login from tty1,2 or 3. You mention that SuSe has this configured by default. So, it's just a matter of figuring out where to set the 'Start New Session' is turned on. Thanks for the help, I appreciate it.

Friday, April 9th 2004, 8:42pm

Author: RedSkier

Switching to a different user with out logging out

I use KDE 3.2 on a Mandrake 9.2 install. What I'm trying to figure out is how to remain logged in with the KDE desktop etc., and be able to have another user log in as well from the same keyboard/monitor with a full desktop. The reason is, that I'll often leave my machine, say in the morning and I'll forget to log off, or I'll leave a job running. A while later my wife comes along and wants to log in. Now she gets a locked workstation. It would be nice if she could do something along the lines o...