From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri May 4 16:08:21 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F311EFB10D5 for ; Fri, 4 May 2018 16:08:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from filter01.peak.org (filter01.peak.org [207.55.16.92]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.peak.org", Issuer "Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 62F6C7C0C8 for ; Fri, 4 May 2018 16:08:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from zmail-mta02.peak.org ([207.55.16.112]) by filter01.peak.org ({e1c81c21-e4c4-4528-aa90-7a27869c545a}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20180504160436102_0000 for ; Fri, 04 May 2018 09:04:36 -0700 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from zmail-mta02.peak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zmail-mta02.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9695B4DBAC for ; Fri, 4 May 2018 09:04:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zmail-mta02.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AC4A4DBE2 for ; Fri, 4 May 2018 09:04:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zmail-mta02.peak.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zmail-mta02.peak.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id RRaiFWadpZn1 for ; Fri, 4 May 2018 09:04:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailproxy-lb-07.peak.org (mailproxy-lb-07.peak.org [207.55.17.97]) by zmail-mta02.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10DA94DBAC for ; Fri, 4 May 2018 09:04:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carlj by elm.localnet with local (Exim 4.90 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1fEdCD-0001FI-Kk for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 04 May 2018 09:04:33 -0700 From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative to x11/gnome3 ? References: <20180429140256.GA8201@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <042bf1a7-32fb-8bfa-16d1-9cbc54e19a61@zyxst.net> <20180503043605.GA49385@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <86sh78dqz6.fsf@elm.localnet> <20180504050409.GA3877@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Date: Fri, 04 May 2018 09:04:33 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20180504050409.GA3877@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> (Victor Sudakov's message of "Fri, 4 May 2018 12:04:09 +0700") Message-ID: <86muxfe7am.fsf@elm.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-MAG-OUTBOUND: peakinternet.redcondor.net@207.55.16/22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 May 2018 16:08:21 -0000 Victor Sudakov writes: > Carl Johnson wrote: >> Victor Sudakov writes: >> >> > tech-lists wrote: >> >> > >> >> > What alternative to x11/gnome3 can you advise? >> >> > >> >> > I would like a more lightweight desktop environment, however it MUST >> >> > support switching between GUI users without logging out (like >> >> > Ubuntu or Windows). >> >> > >> >> > I tried Mate but it does not seem to be able to switch between users >> >> > without logging out (at least the display manager Mate comes with >> >> > cannot do that). >> >> > >> >> > Thanks in advance for any input. >> >> > >> >> >> >> I use xdm with xfce4 for this. >> > >> > Could you please tell more about it. What packages you had to install >> > besides x11/xfce, how you configured xdm and xfce4 to support user >> > switching, how you start xfce4. >> >> I haven't used it, but XFCE does have a 'switch user' button for the >> panel. > > Yes, it does, but the button is grey and cannot be used. I said that I hadn't tried it, but I just tried it now and got the same result as you. I did a web search and it appears that it requires gdm for that button. You can try that, but otherwise I can't help any more than that. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org