Date: Mon, 7 May 2018 11:18:15 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative to x11/gnome3 ? Message-ID: <20180507041815.GA53740@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> In-Reply-To: <86muxfe7am.fsf@elm.localnet> References: <20180429140256.GA8201@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <042bf1a7-32fb-8bfa-16d1-9cbc54e19a61@zyxst.net> <20180503043605.GA49385@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <86sh78dqz6.fsf@elm.localnet> <20180504050409.GA3877@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <86muxfe7am.fsf@elm.localnet>
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Carl Johnson wrote: > >> > tech-lists wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > What alternative to x11/gnome3 can you advise? > >> >> > > >> >> > I would like a more lightweight desktop environment, however it MUST > >> >> > support switching between GUI users without logging out (like > >> >> > Ubuntu or Windows). > >> >> > > >> >> > I tried Mate but it does not seem to be able to switch between users > >> >> > without logging out (at least the display manager Mate comes with > >> >> > cannot do that). > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks in advance for any input. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> I use xdm with xfce4 for this. > >> > > >> > Could you please tell more about it. What packages you had to install > >> > besides x11/xfce, how you configured xdm and xfce4 to support user > >> > switching, how you start xfce4. > >> > >> I haven't used it, but XFCE does have a 'switch user' button for the > >> panel. > > > > Yes, it does, but the button is grey and cannot be used. > > I said that I hadn't tried it, but I just tried it now and got the same > result as you. I did a web search and it appears that it requires gdm > for that button. Thanks for the news. It is bad news however, because gdm is part of x11/gnome3 which I want to get rid of. > You can try that, I'm using it currently. Seems like gdm is the only display manager which can do user switching. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN AS43859
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