Bug#603623: gnome: Cant switch user

[Josselin Mouette]

severity 603623 wishlist
reassign 603623 gnome-session
retitle 603623 please support kdm user switching
thanks

Le mercredi 17 novembre 2010 à 13:28 +0000, Noel David Torres Taño a
écrit : 
> > User switching from GNOME only works with GDM, so this is expected.
> 
> So there is a feature lack that is a bug in itself. System admins should be 
> free to choose either gdm or kdm, and their users (in non-fixed enterprise-
> like environments) should be free to use either Gnome or KDE and still have 
> switching users option available.

Yes, that’s the theory. 

Practically speaking, it works if you use GDM with KDE (since GDM then
provides a desktop file that shows a “new login” entry in the KDE
menus). The reverse does not.

> Should I open a new wishlist-category bug asking to add the support to session 
> change?

If you have enough time to waste with this issue, please bring that
upstream. 

Cheers,
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