It is not the desktop environment doing the console, graphical or text, switching. It is done by kernel or by X. The graphic console is being setup by login manager - that is usually tied to the desktop environment these days.
So if you run Ubuntu or Kubuntu you will most likely have different login managers between them. That is what I tried to say - if you use different login managers than the ones coming by default with KDE or Gnome - locking the session might not give you the option to start new one. Anyway, did you try to lock the screen - can you start new session and login as different user from the unlock screen? If yes then you should be able to switch between the sessions either through the lock screen or by Ctrl+Alt+F7/8... For different text consoles - Ctrl+Alt+F1/2/3/4/... should just work. If I understand your question correctly. T On Feb 18, 2018 4:12 AM, "Richard Owlett" <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > On 02/17/2018 11:07 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > >> I use mainly KDE/Gnome so things are probably different with Mate, >> depending on your login manager. You could change that, I guess. >> > > I don't understand the string "KDE/Gnome". > I thought that KDE and Gnome were both Desktop Environments - an > "either/or" situation. > I gotten hints in my reading so far that KDE has some WM-like properties. > Just color me confuzed ;/ > > >> On the physical PC - I start new independent graphical session by locking >> the screen and starting new session with different user. Switching between >> the session is done by Ctrl+Alt+F7-8-9-... >> >> For remote multi terminal access there is ssh for text or VNC for >> graphical >> environment. >> > > For purposes of my question my universe consists of a single physical > Lenovo T510. > > >> Tomas >> >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
