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    Switch user trouble

    Can anyone please help me with this problem?
    I am running Ubuntu 8.10 with KDE 3.5.10.
    When I attempt to switch user the screen goes blank and none of the Ctrl-Alt-F1 keys work to recover the session and I then have to do a reboot.
    This is what is recorded in the system log-

    Nov 4 08:50:48 kmiles kdm[5301]: Display :1 cannot be opened
    Nov 4 08:50:48 kmiles kdm[5301]: Unable to fire up local display :1; disabling.
    Nov 4 08:51:08 kmiles init: tty4 main process (4850) killed by TERM signal
    Nov 4 08:51:08 kmiles init: tty5 main process (4851) killed by TERM signal
    Nov 4 08:51:08 kmiles init: tty2 main process (4855) killed by TERM signal
    Nov 4 08:51:08 kmiles init: tty3 main process (4856) killed by TERM signal
    Nov 4 08:51:08 kmiles init: tty6 main process (485 killed by TERM signal
    Nov 4 08:51:08 kmiles init: tty1 main process (4660) killed by TERM signal

    Thanks in advance for any help, Kenneth.
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    Re: Switch user trouble

    fwiw - I found my second user, to my amazement, in tty9, not tty8 as expected.

    Having said that, I can use tty1-6 no probs, so this is not helping you... sorry.
    Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ
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      Re: Switch user trouble

      Originally posted by kenmiles

      I am running Ubuntu 8.10 with KDE 3.5.10.
      OK, I'm confused. What happens when you use KDE 4.1? Or are you actually running 8.04?
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        Re: Switch user trouble

        dibl, you got! I missed it completely.

        tty1-6 didn't work properly in 8.04 - another marvellous enhancement of 8.10 (well, back to normal, really).

        Graphical users in 8.04 get given incremental ttys starting with 7 (i.e. CTRL+ALT+F8 for your second user, CTRL+ALT+F7 to switch back to the first one).

        HTH
        Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ
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          Re: Switch user trouble

          Originally posted by toad
          dibl, you got! I missed it completely.

          tty1-6 didn't work properly in 8.04 - another marvellous enhancement of 8.10 (well, back to normal, really).

          Graphical users in 8.04 get given incremental ttys starting with 7 (i.e. CTRL+ALT+F8 for your second user, CTRL+ALT+F7 to switch back to the first one).

          HTH
          My mistake, it is 8.04, brain going down.
          When I have tried to switch users none of the none of the ctrl-alt-f* keys work and I have to ctrl-alt-del to restart the computer.
          Regards, Kenneth.
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