[ILUG] UserA <--> UserB Interaction

[paul at clubi.ie]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Frank Murphy wrote:

> Is this possible?
>
> I want UserA (the normal user) to be able to access,
> UserB (the testing user) desktop, menu-lauch programs in X, files etc..
> without logging in and out.

Try Xnest. Or, with more recent versions of gnome, try the 
"gdmflexiserver".

> libGL error: open DRM failed (Operation not permitted)  Fedora-8-Gnome

Should be a non-fatal error. However OpenGL will be much slower for 
the second user. That's inherent to DRI really.

You can also try running multiple X-servers - again recent GNOME 
includes a thingy for this ("add to panel.." -> User Switcher).

regards,
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