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#1 2011-02-10 15:52:58
- SanskritFritz
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Implementing fast user switching in slim/compiz
I moved away from KDE4 towards a more simplistic approach, installing Slim / Compiz standalone. One among many things I miss from KDE4 is the ability to start a new X session leaving the current running, and then be able to switch between them with ctrl-alt-F7/F8. How can I implement this functionality manually? I dont need a graphical gui, a simple script suffices.
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#2 2011-02-10 16:13:01
- Arpione
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Re: Implementing fast user switching in slim/compiz
You can simply start another session with "startx -- :1". You can run this from your current X session, so you don't even need a script.
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#3 2011-02-10 16:14:47
- tydell
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Re: Implementing fast user switching in slim/compiz
alt+f2 if you have gmrun installed or something similar and then type "startx -- :1" (without quotes)
it will start new X session on next screen nad you can switch between them by ctrl+alt+F7/F8
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#4 2011-02-10 16:16:36
- Arpione
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Re: Implementing fast user switching in slim/compiz
Lol most nézem hogy magyar vagy 
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#5 2011-02-10 18:21:45
- SanskritFritz
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Re: Implementing fast user switching in slim/compiz
Thanks for the suggestion guys. However, what I'd like to achieve, is that I am presented with Slim on vc8, so another user can login.
BTW, compiz didnt really handle this command well, on vc7 it lost all decorations
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#6 2011-02-10 19:09:36
- Zrudi
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Re: Implementing fast user switching in slim/compiz
I don't know how to do that with Slim. But if you are willing to use XDM, you can just put additional lines in
/etc/X11/xdm/Xserversto get what you are trying to achieve.
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#7 2011-02-11 07:56:15
- SanskritFritz
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Re: Implementing fast user switching in slim/compiz
I don't know how to do that with Slim. But if you are willing to use XDM, you can just put additional lines in
/etc/X11/xdm/Xserversto get what you are trying to achieve.
I'm not sure if I like XDM, I guess we are spoiled with eye candy nowadays. I mean, imagine, starting with XDM, booting into Compiz with all of its bells and whistles, plus Cairo dock
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