From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon May 7 04:18:25 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4B12FCEC8D for ; Mon, 7 May 2018 04:18:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: from relay2.tomsk.ru (mail.sibptus.tomsk.ru [212.73.124.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA6D672790 for ; Mon, 7 May 2018 04:18:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) X-Virus-Scanned: by clamd daemon 0.98.5_1 for FreeBSD at relay2.tomsk.ru Received: from [212.73.125.240] (HELO admin.sibptus.transneft.ru) by relay2.tomsk.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPS id 40006554; Mon, 07 May 2018 11:18:20 +0700 Received: from admin.sibptus.transneft.ru (sudakov@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by admin.sibptus.transneft.ru (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w474IJeJ053948; Mon, 7 May 2018 11:18:20 +0700 (+07) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: (from sudakov@localhost) by admin.sibptus.transneft.ru (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w474IFbN053942; Mon, 7 May 2018 11:18:15 +0700 (+07) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) X-Authentication-Warning: admin.sibptus.transneft.ru: sudakov set sender to vas@mpeks.tomsk.su using -f Date: Mon, 7 May 2018 11:18:15 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov To: Carl Johnson Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative to x11/gnome3 ? Message-ID: <20180507041815.GA53740@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86muxfe7am.fsf@elm.localnet> Organization: AO "Svyaztransneft", SibPTUS X-PGP-Key: http://www.dreamwidth.org/pubkey?user=victor_sudakov X-PGP-Fingerprint: 10E3 1171 1273 E007 C2E9 3532 0DA4 F259 9B5E C634 User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 May 2018 04:18:25 -0000 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