Activating Switch User Button In XFCE

[jimwg]

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

[freestyler]

What about instead of switching user just logout and login as different user?

[donald]

@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.

[jimwg]

What about instead of switching user just logout and login as different user?

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.

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

[jimwg]

@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.

Thanks. I'll probe what I can do.

Jim in NYC

[brokenman]

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.

Nice thinking.

[jimwg]

@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.

Alas. can't figure out how to do this (and then make a package of it to file in USM for newbies to use.)

Jim in NYC