In 11.10 I used 'gdmflexiserver -xnest' to switch users without logging out however I think gdm has now been completely removed.
I'm trying to bind a keyboard shortcut to do the equivalent of 'Me Menu>Switch User Account...'.
How can I invoke a user switch in 12.04?
2 Answers
gdmflexiserver as a legacy option to provide the greeter switcher service during the transition between GDM and LightDM.
This has now been dropped from 12.04.
The replacement command is:
dm-tool switch-to-greeter
Other useful dm-tool options (dm-tool --help):
You can have several users logged in at the same time and switch between them with alt+ctrl+F1-8. That doesn't allow you to have another x server in a window. By the way; GDM has not been removed. It's just not used by default. You can easily install it: .
