Camaleon -- Thanks, the Ctrl+Alt+F7/8 is exactly what I'm looking for!
Sorry for the confusion about FUSA, that's "fast user-switcher applet." I'd seen it written that way when I google'd for other people reporting the same error, and decided to try to be cool and use the abbreviation. -PT On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Peter Tenenbaum < peter.g.tenenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, everyone -- > > I'm having an issue with the fast-user-switcher-applet (2.24.0) on > squeeze. The problem is this: every so often, it stops switching! I > left-click on it on the panel, pull down to the user I want to switch to, > and -- nothing happens. It seems to be a problem with the applet itself, > since I can get it to work correctly again by removing the applet from the > panel and reattaching it. > > So, two questions: > > First, does anyone else have this problem? I don't see any Debian bugs > with fast-user-switcher-applet, but I may not be searching correctly. I'm > reluctant to enter a bug report for something which I can't reliably > reproduce and which nobody else has seen (to me, that's more of a UFO > sighting than a bug report). > > Second: is there a command I can use at the command line to switch between > multiple users who are logged in and running gnome, without the need of > passwords? In other words, I'd like to replicate the FUSA functionality > with a linux command if possible. We really only have 2 accounts here (mine > and my wife's), so I could put a shortcut on her menus or desktop which > switches to me, and one on mine which switches to her. > > Thanks in advance for any help or advice, > -PT >
