[xubuntu-users] Does fast user switching work with Xubuntu?

[William Scott]

> wait, just to clarify ... this problem you are having is with xdm  
> or gdm?
>
> -Adam

Hi Adam:

Thanks for the reply.  The problem is with gdm.  (I can't get much of  
anything to work with xdm.)

gdm gives me a nice login window with a menu to select which window  
manager to use (as does kdm). The gdm interface has a very nice  
Xubuntu theme. (I get nothing but a debian logo and a generic login  
dialog box with xdm on a grey stippled background, no functionality,  
and the window manager (beryl or vanilla xfce) doesn't work properly  
when I log in from the xdm interface.)

So I am assuming Xubuntu is "supposed to" be used with gdm. But I  
have nothing to base that on except appearances and a vague memory of  
reading this in the docs a few months ago.

I think the root of the problem is that switching users for some  
reason is triggering the X-display to restart, so I get an Nvidia  
splash screen, etc.

This is more a minor annoyance than a major issue, but it forces the  
user to have to reboot, which is bad because the machine is used to  
process data with jobs that often take days.

Thanks.

Bill