sessions switching

[eggbanjo]

i'm needing to switch between 2 different sessions (kde3 and 4) but i can't do it via kdm (i'm using slim)

how can this be done?

[dibl]

Re: sessions switching

i'm needing to switch between 2 different sessions (kde3 and 4) but i can't do it via kdm (i'm using slim)

how can this be done?

I don't think so.

Those are two different desktop environments. You better have two computers, to do what you want to do ....

:P


Or ....

You could run VirtualBox or VMware on your Kubuntu system, and install a second system with the other KDE version in the virtual machine.

[Paul Kaplan]

Re: sessions switching

One solution is as follows:

Once you start kde 3 or 4, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to pull up another virtual terminal.

Login to whatever account you want to run under

Then to start kde3:

startx /usr/bin/startkde -- :1

or to start kde4

startx /usr/lib/kde4/bin/startkde -- :1

The original kde session will be at the CTRL+ALT+F7 and the new one at CTRL+ALT+F8. Depending on what apps you run, you'll need at least 1Mb of RAM to avoid slowing down too much.

Good luck,
Paul

[Rog131]

Re: sessions switching

Another option is to start another session by using the Xephyr:

xserver-xephyr

xserver-xephyr is an X server that can be run inside another X server,
much like xnest. xephyr though, is based on the kdrive X server, and as a
result it supports newer extensions than xnest, including render and
composite.

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