> I like to use the shell, but I want my wife to be able
> to go directly into an X environment if she needs to use
> my computer. That's easy enough. But how can I get her
> account set to log out (rather than dropping to the shell)
> when she quits X?
Hm - why not just leave things at runlevel 5 (X11 login)
and hit Ctrl-Opt-F1 to switch to a console when you want
to log in? (There are obvious reasons not to if your
system is RAM-constricted, but RAM is cheap these days.)
> I like high resolution so I have plenty of room to work.
> My wife likes lower resolution so text is easy to read
> and icons easy to click. I haven't read of or thought of
> any way to make our respective accounts use different
> resolutions automatically. Is it possible? How?
It's not automatic, but you can always make the low-rez
display the default & hit Ctrl-Opt-+ to change to a higher
rez. Hmm... now if you're talking about separate console
and X11 resolutions, this might be possible using BootX.
Or if SVGAtextmode works on PPC systems, that's another
possibility (I've discovered the joys of SVGAtextmode since
putting Debian on an old PC laptop).
> Is it possible in MacOS X (which I haven't used yet)?
I can't remember... but I *think* it's possible. I'll
check it later tonight when I get home.
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