On 31/05/2021 19:52, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Mon, 2021-05-31 at 19:15 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 31/05/2021 18:54, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
According to https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427777%C2%A0it should be possible to switch users from the KDE lock screen, however I don't seem to have this functionality.
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This was covered and Switch User has been disabled due to its many problems. A way to enable was given but discouraged.
Related question: is it possible to have two different DEs on different virtual consoles (if necessary with two distinct users)? For example, one with KDE and another with Gnome. I know this used to be possible in some previous iterations of KDE/Plasma, but there may be limitations due to SDDM.
I've no idea. But just minor thinking about it makes me wonder if there wouldn't be conflicts in ownership of system hardware? Which DE/session owns the audio? Network interfaces?
I was under the impression that Gnome dealt with this, though I don't know the details. Why would running multiple DEs be any different from running multiple users? I can see how audio might be an issue, but network interfaces are designed to be shared.
I don't know about GNOME dealing with it. But if they have that doesn't change the fact that KDE/sddm hasn't done so successfully.
So, if this is a need why don't you switch to using gdm and then look into the same question from that angle.
I don't have a use case from switching users as our cats hardly demand computer time. And, if I want to run GNOME for some reason (or another DE) I'm content to do so in a VM.
While network interfaces are designed to be shared it doesn't mean harmony exists between users. Or that the secondary user is the same person. Secondary user comes home and without thinking fires up a VPN connection unaware they are disrupting a long file transfer.