I want to have more than one user logged on at the same time, on the same computer.
Each user should have a full GUI X session…
It's easy enough to log in to multiple concurrent non-X linux terminals… but I want the X factor…
Maybe I've missed something, but I only see a Main Menu option to Log out of the current user, and nothing for "Switch User"…
Is there a simple way to do this?
Best Answer
If you are using Gnome:
Try running
gdmflexiserver
, it will launch a new GDM session. You can switch between them usingCtrl+Alt+F{8..12}
.Take note though that logging in with the same user twice is a bad idea.
Also, (in Lucid, at least) you can switch users by clicking the Power button in top-right corner and then selecting a user name.![alt text](https://i.stack.imgur.com/b3p6b.png)