Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 12:04:09 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative to x11/gnome3 ? Message-ID: <20180504050409.GA3877@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> In-Reply-To: <86sh78dqz6.fsf@elm.localnet> References: <20180429140256.GA8201@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <042bf1a7-32fb-8bfa-16d1-9cbc54e19a61@zyxst.net> <20180503043605.GA49385@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <86sh78dqz6.fsf@elm.localnet>
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Carl Johnson wrote: > Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> 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. > It is part of the 'action buttons' panel addon, but appears to > be part of the basic install. Those action buttons also include things > like lock screen, suspend, hibernate, etc. Let me know if you need more > information. Yes, I need more information please. In my setup, the 'switch user' button is grey (inactive). How do I make it actually work? How is it even *supposed* to work? xdm per se certainly does not do "user switching" in the sense Windows or Ubuntu allow it (with the disconnected user's X-clients still running in the background). -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN AS43859
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