Greatings!
The advice here to use "adduser" to create a second user account in XFCE worked because I can see it in the Home folder. Only thing is I have no way to switch into that account because the XFCE "action" button keeps "Switch User" ghosted. Any tips?
Thanks!
Jim in NYC
Activating Switch User Button In XFCE
- freestyler
- Contributor
- Posts: 384
- Joined: 17 Oct 2013, 14:21
- Distribution: Porteus XFCE
Re: Activating Switch User Button In XFCE
What about instead of switching user just logout and login as different user?
https://www.porteus-apps.org
-
- Full of knowledge
- Posts: 2104
- Joined: 17 Jun 2013, 13:17
- Distribution: Porteus 3.2.2 XFCE 32bit
- Location: Germany
Re: Activating Switch User Button In XFCE
@jimwg
only half way Home:
If you use the Xfce desktop, the Switch User functionality of its
Action Button panel item specifically looks for the gdmflexiserver
executable in order to enable itself.
If you provide it with an executable shell script /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver
consisting of something useful it will work.
Unfortunately I'm not a coder, so I dont know what to put in to do the Task.
only half way Home:
If you use the Xfce desktop, the Switch User functionality of its
Action Button panel item specifically looks for the gdmflexiserver
executable in order to enable itself.
If you provide it with an executable shell script /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver
consisting of something useful it will work.
Unfortunately I'm not a coder, so I dont know what to put in to do the Task.
Re: Activating Switch User Button In XFCE
You can't log back in under XFCE 4.11 (from 3.0rc2) in a 3.0 final environment because the input window in that cyan log-in screen won't allow you to log-in any name or password. A XFCE flaw.freestyler wrote:What about instead of switching user just logout and login as different user?
My 3.0 final config:
kernel and core from 3.0 final
xorg and XFCE 4.11 from 3.0rc2
(To allow you to have a fully functioning XFCE 4.11 and mPlayer and USM in 3.0 final environment. XFCE 4.10 from 3.0 final lacks XFCE 4.11's more advanced features and desktops and won't use them in 3.0 final, and mPlayer stalls using xorg from 3.0 final when XFCE 4.11 is onboard 3.0 final environment). Took a while to find that functional arrangement.
Jim in NYC
Re: Activating Switch User Button In XFCE
Thanks. I'll probe what I can do.donald wrote:@jimwg
only half way Home:
If you use the Xfce desktop, the Switch User functionality of its
Action Button panel item specifically looks for the gdmflexiserver
executable in order to enable itself.
If you provide it with an executable shell script /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver
consisting of something useful it will work.
Unfortunately I'm not a coder, so I dont know what to put in to do the Task.
Jim in NYC
- brokenman
- Site Admin
- Posts: 6105
- Joined: 27 Dec 2010, 03:50
- Distribution: Porteus v4 all desktops
- Location: Brazil
Re: Activating Switch User Button In XFCE
Nice thinking.specifically looks for the gdmflexiserver
executable in order to enable itself.
If you provide it with an executable shell script /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver
consisting of something useful it will work.
How do i become super user?
Wear your underpants on the outside and put on a cape.
Wear your underpants on the outside and put on a cape.
Re: Activating Switch User Button In XFCE
Alas. can't figure out how to do this (and then make a package of it to file in USM for newbies to use.)donald wrote:@jimwg
only half way Home:
If you use the Xfce desktop, the Switch User functionality of its
Action Button panel item specifically looks for the gdmflexiserver
executable in order to enable itself.
If you provide it with an executable shell script /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver
consisting of something useful it will work.
Unfortunately I'm not a coder, so I dont know what to put in to do the Task.

Jim in NYC