On 1/20/2011 8:18 AM, John Hodrien wrote:
KDE has a multi-user x login feature that allows another user to start a new session keeping the existing session active.
It might take a little config mod'ing to get it working, but it works. It works best if there is lots of RAM.
So does gnome (another gconf key: /apps/gnome-screensaver/user_switch_enabled). Not tried it on CentOS 5, but it works okay on Fedora 12. You have to be careful not to end up with everybody logged in everywhere.
Why is everyone stuck at the console of one particular workstation? The point of a multiuser, networked OS is that you can have as many logins as you want from wherever you want. I almost never log in directly at the console of a linux box unless it is broken - or at least the one where my desktop sessions run.