[opensuse] Suse 10.2, Gnome, switch users
Hi all,
I have tried to search the archives, but nothing found as far as I can
tell.
Also googled, and again nowt..
Here goes the questions.
Standard 10.2 installation, choose Gnome as the desktop (like all before
hand)
Login as one user, and lock the screen, when i hit mouse the unlock box
comes up, but it crucially missing the "Switch User" functionality that
was present in 10.1.
First question, how can i get this essential functionality back
second question, WTF was this removed ?
Wife and myself use a single machine, each with own user accounts (she
don't much like my XGL setup, nor the confusion of me running about 3-4
remote desktop connections, and 5-6 Vmware sessions)
Please someone help me..
This is a total show stopper..
I know I could install the rpm of fast-user-switching (which ain't
available in the standard YAST, again WTF not, ) but, i don't think i
should have to really, not without knowing why the functionality was
removed in the first place.
Regards
AM
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Angus MacGyver
On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 23:10 +0000, Angus MacGyver wrote:
Hi all,
I have tried to search the archives, but nothing found as far as I can tell. Also googled, and again nowt..
Here goes the questions.
Standard 10.2 installation, choose Gnome as the desktop (like all before hand)
Login as one user, and lock the screen, when i hit mouse the unlock box comes up, but it crucially missing the "Switch User" functionality that was present in 10.1.
First question, how can i get this essential functionality back
Quick and dirty: gconftool-2 --set --type bool /apps/gnome-screensaver/user_switch_enabled true As you and your wife.
second question, WTF was this removed ?
a) its the upstream default
b) it was causing problems in machines with large numbers of users (NIS,
AD, etc) because it was trying to enumerate all the users
Possibly we should re-enable the patch on openSUSE and leave it out on
SLE.
-JP
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JP Rosevear
gconftool-2 --set --type bool /apps/gnome-screensaver/user_switch_enabled true
second question, WTF was this removed ? a) its the upstream default
And the functionality has been moved to the logout dialog.
Possibly we should re-enable the patch on openSUSE and leave it out on SLE.
+1 -- James Ogley james@usr-local-bin.org http://usr-local-bin.org GNOME for openSUSE: http://repos.opensuse.org/GNOME:/ Help end poverty: http://oxfam.org.uk/in -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 07:00 +0000, James Ogley wrote:
gconftool-2 --set --type bool /apps/gnome-screensaver/user_switch_enabled true
second question, WTF was this removed ? a) its the upstream default
Thanks, this has worked brilliantly. I can understand the all user lookup, as I have all users in LDAP setup, and yeah, it looks and gives them all. However, the LDAP directory at home is rather small (like 12 users or so) so not a problem here.
And the functionality has been moved to the logout dialog.
Not here is isn't Tick box for ... Save session Radio buttion for "Action" options.. Log out Shut down Restart Suspend None of which is a switch user - is there something else I need to tweak to get it enabled ?
Possibly we should re-enable the patch on openSUSE and leave it out on SLE.
Don't know if it is a silly thought or not, but could the "switch user" dialogue be written so that there is an option either, to manually enter new username (lets face it, people wanting to logon know a username, and don't have to scroll to see it) OR choose from who is currently already logged on That in some ways would fulfil the requirements of the corporates with their huge AD's /NIS by not looking every user up BEFORE providing a list, and the people that do legitimately want to share a machine.
+1 --
Thanks and Regards
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Angus MacGyver
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