Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 09:16:35 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative to x11/gnome3 ? Message-ID: <20180504021635.GA94279@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> In-Reply-To: <bbe08290-b65a-e244-db6e-2b67a7425d10@zyxst.net> References: <20180429140256.GA8201@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <042bf1a7-32fb-8bfa-16d1-9cbc54e19a61@zyxst.net> <20180503043605.GA49385@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180503054621.GA55633@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <bbe08290-b65a-e244-db6e-2b67a7425d10@zyxst.net>
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tech-lists wrote: > On 03/05/2018 06:46, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > I've just tried x11/xdm with x11-wm/xfce, starting /usr/local/bin/xfce4-session from ~/.xsession > > > > I login via the xdm login widget, the xfce desktop launches, all seems > > fine, but the "Switch user" menu is grey (inactive). > > > > What is it I've missed? How is it supposed to work? > > Hi, > > [xdm] > > You'll need to modify /etc/ttys like this: > ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > > change the off to on, save then then reboot (as per > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-xdm.html) Why would you want to reboot instead of "init q"? But I digress. > > [xsession] > > In $HOME/.xsession I have this: > > #!/bin/sh > LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8; export LC_ALL > > > > exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 --with-ck-launch > > so each user will need this in their $HOME > > I don't use the 'switch user' facility of xfce4 You should have said it from the very beginning :-( > because it's not xfce4 > that is responsible for the session, it's xdm. No, xdm cannot 'switch user' in the sense I was looking for. Please read the beginning of the thread. > So log out of xfce4 > (which should return the screen to xdm) and effectively close all your running X-programs. No, that's not what is needed. > and enter the other user details in xdm. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN AS43859
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