Bug 49274

Summary: new session button on desktop lock login
Product: [Unmaintained] kdm Reporter: Eddie Howson <eddie.howson>
Component: generalAssignee: kdm bugs tracker <kdm-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist CC: rdieter
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
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Description Eddie Howson 2002-10-17 10:50:04 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.0.3)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
OS:          Linux

This is actually part of KDE3.0.4 but I've submitted it here because I don't know of any other way of doing so.  When one uses the lock desktop button, one is offered to enter the user password to log back in or a button to start a new session.  In an education lab situation this is a nightmare because several students can end up with several sessions running on several terminals (we use thin clients).  Thus draining the resources of the server.  There is no way to log out a user directly (which would be much desired), or even for the user to log himself in (or out) if several other users have used the desktop lock feature as each person has to be logged out sequentially.  Thus if A, B and C have locked their desktop there is no way for A to log out (or in to his previous session) unless C and B log out and in that order.  It would be useful if the locked desktop displayed all previous locks and allowed any of the users to log in to a previous session or log himself out directly.  

Thanks
Eddie
Comment 1 Oswald Buddenhagen 2002-10-17 18:10:58 UTC 
Subject: Re:  New: new session button on desktop lock login

you do _not_ need to log out sequentially. you can switch the active
session (virtual terminal) with alt-ctrl-F{7,8,9,...} at any time.
i've already added a confirmation box which says this before starting
the new session.
also, you can simply turn off the feature by removing the reserve
display specifications from $KDEDIR/share/config/kdm/Xservers.
a proper feedback system, etc. is planned for kde 3.2.
note that only suse has this feature in kde 3.0.3; otherwise it's only
in kde 3.1.
Comment 2 Oswald Buddenhagen 2002-10-23 04:51:39 UTC 
not a real duplicate, but it will be gone when i finish implementing this, so ...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 25304 ***