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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 12 May 2014 20:37:22 +0000Switch user ?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2634/switch-user/Hi ! I would like to find a way to lock my session and let a friend use his account. So all my workspaces and stuff would stay unchanged, I'd would be kinda disconnected, but actually not, and my friend could enter his user/pass and choose is Session (i3, xfce, whatever). Exactly what we could find under gnome or any other DM. I'm under Debian Jessie (testing), use i3 from the debian repos, and use Slim as Display Manager or Login Manager. I tried to start i3 from another tty but got a "Cannot open display" :) Thanks !Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:41:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2634/switch-user/Comment by Michael for Hi ! I would like to find a way to lock my session and let a friend use his account. So all my workspaces and stuff would stay unchanged, I'd would be kinda disconnected, but actually not, and my friend could enter his user/pass and choose is Session (i3, xfce, whatever). Exactly what we could find under gnome or any other DM. I'm under Debian Jessie (testing), use i3 from the debian repos, and use Slim as Display Manager or Login Manager. I tried to start i3 from another tty but got a "Cannot open display" :) Thanks ! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2634/switch-user/?comment=2636#comment-2636I _think_ that is a feature of your display manager (e.g. gdm, lightdm, …), but feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.Tue, 01 Oct 2013 17:28:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2634/switch-user/?comment=2636#comment-2636Comment by gagou9 for Hi ! I would like to find a way to lock my session and let a friend use his account. So all my workspaces and stuff would stay unchanged, I'd would be kinda disconnected, but actually not, and my friend could enter his user/pass and choose is Session (i3, xfce, whatever). Exactly what we could find under gnome or any other DM. I'm under Debian Jessie (testing), use i3 from the debian repos, and use Slim as Display Manager or Login Manager. I tried to start i3 from another tty but got a "Cannot open display" :) Thanks ! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2634/switch-user/?comment=2637#comment-2637Probably. I don't know actually ;) I'm using slim as display manager.Tue, 01 Oct 2013 18:50:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2634/switch-user/?comment=2637#comment-2637Comment by gagou9 for Hi ! I would like to find a way to lock my session and let a friend use his account. So all my workspaces and stuff would stay unchanged, I'd would be kinda disconnected, but actually not, and my friend could enter his user/pass and choose is Session (i3, xfce, whatever). Exactly what we could find under gnome or any other DM. I'm under Debian Jessie (testing), use i3 from the debian repos, and use Slim as Display Manager or Login Manager. I tried to start i3 from another tty but got a "Cannot open display" :) Thanks ! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2634/switch-user/?comment=2645#comment-2645Hi ! Thanks for that answer, I actually tried it before and got a "command not found". After your answer I apt-cache search-ed startx and installed xinit for it to work. Cheers ! GaëlSun, 06 Oct 2013 16:31:56 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2634/switch-user/?comment=2645#comment-2645Answer by Philippe Virouleau for Hi ! I would like to find a way to lock my session and let a friend use his account. So all my workspaces and stuff would stay unchanged, I'd would be kinda disconnected, but actually not, and my friend could enter his user/pass and choose is Session (i3, xfce, whatever). Exactly what we could find under gnome or any other DM. I'm under Debian Jessie (testing), use i3 from the debian repos, and use Slim as Display Manager or Login Manager. I tried to start i3 from another tty but got a "Cannot open display" :) Thanks ! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2634/switch-user/?answer=2643#post-id-2643Slim can't achieve this, however you can switch tty, login and startx again, which will start a fresh i3. Sat, 05 Oct 2013 07:35:13 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2634/switch-user/?answer=2643#post-id-2643Answer by jsmyth for Hi ! I would like to find a way to lock my session and let a friend use his account. So all my workspaces and stuff would stay unchanged, I'd would be kinda disconnected, but actually not, and my friend could enter his user/pass and choose is Session (i3, xfce, whatever). Exactly what we could find under gnome or any other DM. I'm under Debian Jessie (testing), use i3 from the debian repos, and use Slim as Display Manager or Login Manager. I tried to start i3 from another tty but got a "Cannot open display" :) Thanks ! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2634/switch-user/?answer=3797#post-id-3797I also tried to do it with SLiM but to no avail. With MDM or GDM you could use `mdmflexiserver` or `gdmflexiserver` (with potential `--new` switch) to switch users. If jumping to another login manager is no option for you then only a new X server would do it.Mon, 12 May 2014 20:37:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2634/switch-user/?answer=3797#post-id-3797