[rhn-users] need to remove screen saver

[Enils]

you'd be serving better this users' list by providing solutions for
people who ask for them, rather than picking apart another user's post
who offers solutions that work.

When I talk about multiple X-sessions I am not referring to remote
X-sessions. When you talk about multiple simultaneous users on windows
you're thinking remote desktops. This is not the same thing. Last I
checked, you can't sit in front of a windows xp box and logon
(physically not remotely) as 3-4-5-6 different users as you can on
Linux.

"GNOME doesn't have a "Switch user" menu entry like KDE ?"
I don't know what Gnome or KDE has. I use Fluxbox as my desktop
manager; however I do most of my work on the command line. I'm
guessing it probably does. Got me there! 1-0 for you.

Enils


On Feb 12, 2008 12:42 PM, Buchan Milne <bgmilne at staff.telkomsa.net> wrote:
> On Saturday 02 February 2008 05:09:00 Enils wrote:
> > Paula,
> >
> > You have a few choices:
> > 1. You can uninstall the screensaver program altogether. If you're
> > running Gnome as your desktop manager, chances are you're using
> > gnome-screensaver or xscreensaver. Do a "apropos screensaver" or rpm
> > -qa | grep screensaver to find out which one you're running.
> > 2. Unlike Windows, Linux has multiple X-displays.
>
> Windows XP, when not joined to a domain, does allow multiple simultaneous
> users.
>
> > If a user has logged
> > on and the screensaver is on, simply hit "Ctrl-alt-F1" or
> > "Ctrl-alt-F2" or any other up to F6. The main desktop by default runs
> > on F7. Once you've done that, logon as another user and issue this
> > command: "startx -- :8" . This will open another X without disrupting
> > the first user's session. It does not have to be 8, you can also use
> > 9, 10 and so on. You can switch between X-sessions using
> > Ctrl-Alt-F<display number>.
>
> GNOME doesn't have a "Switch user" menu entry like KDE ?
>
> >
> > Finally, I don't know of any screensavers that would let you use a
> > "global password". Plus you would not want to do that anyway!
>
> But, the all support pam, and pam can be convinced to always succeed ...
>
> You could also find the configuration which disables the screensaver, add it
> to the home directory template (/etc/skel), enable it via a login script
> (e.g. /etc/X11/xinit.d/) or add the configuration entry to all your user
> accounts.
>
> Regards,
> Buchan
>