Switch User still broken

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Mon Feb 1 02:38:18 UTC 2010


Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:

> IIRC Gnome also has a "switch user" feature. I presume (without
> checking) that both DE's follow some Free Desktop standard for doing
> this. If so, they should in theory work with either kdm or gdm, but
> maybe I'm delusional about standards in this area.

afaik, there is no standard here.  kde/kdm does it one way, gdm/gnome 
another.  And iirc, kde's user switching feature existed first, if it 
matters.

-- Rex



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