On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jo, 06 nov 14, 03:58:13, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> >> I want to be able to log on multiple times, simultaneously, to the same >> machine, with the same physical keyboard and boutse and screen, but with >> different user ids. So that when I'm logged in as myself, and my friend >> comes by who wants to use the machine for a minute, I can let him log in >> as another, independent user, without me having to log out first. > > This is usually called "switch user". A quick web search seems to > indicate lightdm might be able to support it, but can't help any > further. As far as I understand gdm+Gnome should be able to do it. > > A different method to achieve the same thing would be to use Ctrl-Alt-Fx > to switch to a console, login and start another X instance with > > startx -- :1
You don't even need the "-- :1" any more. startx is now smart enough to find an unused display on its own. Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAC73aR2wgcGmMZ+C0V5x-2a8Yzc2tqbRsf+FgFKXGpKKPA=g...@mail.gmail.com
