but now i'm looking @ the proposed solution in the last answer here ( http://askubuntu.com/questions/79318/how-can-i-switch-users-from-within-xfce) and i think it maybe a better alternative to the fxswitch..
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Andrew Z <form...@gmail.com> wrote: > another session of google gave me > http://askubuntu.com/questions/79318/how-can-i-switch-users-from-within-xfce > quote: > "Note: The next version of XFCE, 4.10, will include a Switch User button > in the Actions plugin, and deprecate the session > menu<https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8358#c1> > ." > Guys haven't updated the schedule on the wiki tho. but in their blog ( > http://blog.xfce.org/) they did, so 4.10 ( or rather 4010) will be > released @ the end of April. If this holds true, than i guess that it will > hit us in a month in the form of rpms. > > at the same time, according to > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524413 > "Fedora Update System 2009-10-06 06:11:16 EDT > > xfce4-xfswitch-plugin-0.0.1-1.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable > repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug > report." > > but when i search in the current repos nothing comes up... Why ? > > > Solution: > got the source from > http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/15/Everything/source/SRPMS/xfce4-xfswitch-plugin-0.0.1-3.fc15.src.rpm > > > > recompiled it - no issues. > added a new item to the panel -"User switching". > > I just observed that when i switch the user, the original session remains > open. From one perspective it's odd, but if i think about it - it's awesome. > > > > thank you > Andrew > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Andrew Z <form...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Todd And Margo Chester <toddandma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 03/03/2012 08:51 PM, Andrew Z wrote: >>> > Hello, >>> > how do i add "switch user" capability to XFCE? >>> > it seemed that in 4.8 (at least ubuntu team) had to add it. But i >>> >>> >>> >>> > can't find any solution for RH. >>> > it seemed that i need to have xfswitch, but found nothing in the regular >>> > repos. >>> > The closest i found is this one - >>> > ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/linux/releases/16/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/xfce4-xfswitch-plugin-0.0.1-3.fc15.x86_64.rpm >>> >>> >>> >>> > >>> > Please advise. >>> > thank you >>> > Andrew >>> >>> Hi Andrew, >>> >>> I have never seen a Switch User utility in Xfce. Does not >>> mean it was not there. I have always pressed the little >>> green running man >>> and then pressed "Log Out", then selected >>> a different user. >>> >>> -T >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Todd, >> That's what I've been using for quite a while too. But now, my boss (aka >> wife) wants to have her session(she has her own os user) running in >> parallel with mine. >> >> Andrew >> > >
