Re: No Switch User Command In Menu on Suse 10

John Howell wrote:
J. Hinkey wrote:


I want to switch users, but unlike my Suse 9.2 installation on my other
machine, my Suse 10 installation does not seem to have a "Switch User"
command in the window - how do I get it to appear so I can switch users.

Running KDE, Suse 10

Thanks -

John

SNIP

4.3.4.2. Switching Users in KDE
Open an additional session in KDE from the main menu. Select ‘Switch User’
and determine whether your original session should be locked while you
switch to another user account. KDM appears, requesting username and
password for the new account. Enter the requested data and a new KDE
session starts. To switch back to your original session, click ‘Switch
User’ again. Select the session to which to switch. Another way to start a new session is to lock your current session via
‘Lock Session’ then click ‘Switch User’ in the unlock dialog. This goes to
the KDM login screen, where username and password for the new session can
be entered.

That's just it, the option doesn't appear at all in the menu. It's not even there when I'm logged in as root!
When I use the lock session option it also doesn't give me an option to switch users.

So my question still remains as I originally wrote - how do I get this option to appear?

Also, in perhaps a related note, the login screeen at boot up does not give a list of the different users available to log in as - how do I get it to display this at the login screen?

Thanks -

John
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