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taskara
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 Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:48 am Post subject: KDE Switch User (multi users) Super-Mini Howto |
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Tried to find some info in the forums but couldn't find anything, so here you go.
I have kde 3.3.1 installed.
All you need to do it edit | Code: | | nano -w /usr/kde/3.3/share/config/kdm/Xservers |
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| Code: | :0 local@tty1 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp
#:1 local@tty2 reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp :1
#:2 local@tty3 reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp :2
#:3 local@tty4 reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp :3
#:4 local@tty5 reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp :4
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| Code: | :0 local@tty1 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp
:1 local@tty2 reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp :1
:2 local@tty3 reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp :2
:3 local@tty4 reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp :3
:4 local@tty5 reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp :4
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and restart KDE.
You should then have "Start new session" in your Kmenu.
I'm sure you can work it out from there.
[edit]: I'll tell you just in case... 
select "Start new session" and it will take you to a log in screen. Log in as usual.
To switch between users use CTRL + ALT + F7-F9 etc
-chris
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Hmm, did I get this right. If I follow your how-to, I'd be able to work on vt/7 with my user account, and I could open up a completely separate KDE session with my girlfriends's user account on vt/8, so we could both have our very own desktop and wouldn't interfere with each other? Sounds great, will have to try this!
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taskara
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:10 am Post subject: |
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| elektrohirn wrote: | Hmm, did I get this right. If I follow your how-to, I'd be able to work on vt/7 with my user account, and I could open up a completely separate KDE session with my girlfriends's user account on vt/8, so we could both have our very own desktop and wouldn't interfere with each other? Sounds great, will have to try this!
Tom |
that is correct
you just need to have a seperate user for her to log on as, of course
In fact with linux you could attach another monitor and keyboard and mouse and she can log onto your computer on the other monitor, and use the pc AT THE SAME TIME AS YOU. But I haven't configured this yet..
let me know how you go.
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do i need kdm running? installed?
PD: I'm also not able to get the prompt that asks for reboot, logout, halt when logging out from kde, i think only works with kdm running, am i wrong? thanks 
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| soya wrote: | do i need kdm running? installed?
PD: I'm also not able to get the prompt that asks for reboot, logout, halt when logging out from kde, i think only works with kdm running, am i wrong? thanks |
no idea actually! I would assume you need kdm.. can u try with kdm and see if it works?
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Parasietje
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| taskara wrote: | | elektrohirn wrote: | Hmm, did I get this right. If I follow your how-to, I'd be able to work on vt/7 with my user account, and I could open up a completely separate KDE session with my girlfriends's user account on vt/8, so we could both have our very own desktop and wouldn't interfere with each other? Sounds great, will have to try this!
Tom |
that is correct
you just need to have a seperate user for her to log on as, of course
In fact with linux you could attach another monitor and keyboard and mouse and she can log onto your computer on the other monitor, and use the pc AT THE SAME TIME AS YOU. But I haven't configured this yet..
let me know how you go. |
I have tried this back at 4.3.0 xfree. The problem then was that XFree only has ONE input device. So using two USB keyboards+mice isn't an option.
Using a (very unstable) patch, I managed to get two images on two seperate monitors at the same time, being able to control the two X-servers independently from each other. But this was really, really unstable.
The only thing to implement is: disable vt-switching by the X-servers (using a patch), and adding a seperate input device that distincts USB keyboards seperately.
I would have to try it using Xorg-x11. Hope you could manage it better than me. |
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