Hello,

i'm new to KDE forums, so pls forgive me, if I'm asking in the wrong forum.

First things first:
OS CentOS 5
KDE 3.5 !!!!

I.m missing the "switch user" entry in the KDE-Menu.
After a lot of searching and trying out different hints, I'm at the end o fthe rope.

What works:
I can start a new session via "lock current session".
I can switch between sessions with <ctr><alt>F7, F8, ...

I do have the entries:
[General]
...
StaticServers=:0
ReserveServers=:1,:2,:3

in the kdmrc - file (/usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc)

I have an entry:
[KDE Action Restrictions]
action/start_new_session=true

in /usr/share/config/kdeglobals


So can you point mr to what's wrong / missing?

Gerhard

Hi Gerhard and welcome to the forums! Don't worry, I think this forum is fine for your question. It's also very good that you state which version you use.

Unfortunately I don't use 3.5.x so it's hard to answer your question. I assume that you're sure that you use KDM as your login manager, correct? Do you see the same problem if you login with a new user?

Hello Hans,

I'm sure it would easier for both of us to communicate in German, but as, as I hope, this thread will come to a good end, which might help others, I will stick to the English language
Back, to what's really about:

I assume that you're sure that you use KDM as your login manager,

. That's a hard one, I found at least three different points to configure the login manager and none tells me what login manager it is modifying:
- KDE configuration center
- an utility in menu to configure it
- the "configure" option in the login manager itself.
Each one seems to apply only to certain aspects of the manager. (Especially, I didn't succeed in adding "root" to the user list, despite I checked the appropriate box in various tools...). But, yes I'm quit confident, that the login manager is KDM

But: what relationship do you suspect between the login manager and the "switch user" option in the KDE menu?

Do you see the same problem if you login with a new user?

Yes, the option is missing for all users. (root, and 3 "standard" users), irrespective whether the home directory was newly created by CentOS or copied from the previous installation (SUSE 11.2).

Gerhard