Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:23:22 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative to x11/gnome3 ? Message-ID: <20180430052322.GA14629@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> In-Reply-To: <20180430070646.58320fbd.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20180429140256.GA8201@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180429224951.537940ad.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180430044253.GA14278@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180430070646.58320fbd.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon 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). > > > > > > If remember correctly, both Gnome 2 and Mate _can_ do this. > > > > But I have a virtual box with the Mate metaport installed, and the "switch > > user" button is nowhere to be found in the Mate GUI. > > Two possibilites: > > a) This function has not become part of Mate, but it was part > of Gnome 2; maybe Cinnamon (the other Gnome 2 successor) > has it? > > b) This function needs to be manually added to one of the menus > or bars (via their configuration tools). > You say you use Mate, could I ask you to do me a favour and look how to enable this function in your installation of Mate? [dd] > > I don't have much experience with Gnome 3 because it scared > the fsck out of me after "gnome" defaulted from Gnome 2 to > Gnome 3 - and I switched to Mate. :-) I want to get rid of gnome3 too, I just need functional user switching somewhere else. > > > > > > Additionally, you can probably run a second X server on the > > > same system and switch over for a second session... :-) > > > > > > > That's exactly what gdm from gnome3 does. But I'm looking for an > > alternative to gdm and gnome (and not startx). > > Maybe wdm, the display manager inteded for use with GNUstep, > can be used? Maybe, or maybe not. I'm looking for at least one success story of functional user switching. > > > I have tried the stock xdm to run two separate local X-servers but this > > failed miserably for some reason. Must be some conflict it was unable to > > resolve, but the second X-server would not even start. > > Running two X servers is not a trivial task, but possible > with some work. However, the feature you're requesting should > be available without all the trouble. :-) I thought as much, should be available without all the trouble. But... It surprises me however that nobody has stepped forward and said "I run two local X-servers", or "I use user switching all the time with XXX" - why is that? -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN AS43859
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