Fast User Switch Applet 2.17.3 review

Fast User Switch Applet is an applet for the GNOME 2.10 panel which allows for MacOS X-style menu-based user-switching

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: James M. Cape

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Fast User Switch Applet is an applet for the GNOME 2.10 panel which allows for MacOS X-style menu-based user-switching. It integrates with GDM to switch between existing X11 sessions or create new ones as needed, and will show the same users as the GDM face browser.

The applet can display itself in the panel using either the current user's name, the word "Users," or an icon, and can be configured to include an item which launches an X session in a window. The applet code is designed to allow for easy cut-and-paste of the system-interaction code into other applications, like screensavers

Requirements:
GNOME

Build-Time Configuration

Like all panel applets, FUSA must be installed to the same prefix as the panel. For most distributions, this means /usr. Other flags which should be set are the GDM configuration file location, a users-and-groups command line, and the gdmsetup command line. Some examples:

A.) Ubuntu

./configure
--prefix=/usr
--libexecdir=/usr/lib/fast-user-switch-applet
--mandir=/usr/share/man
--with-gdm-config=/etc/gdm/gdm.conf
--with-users-admin="gksudo users-admin"
--with-gdm-setup="gksudo gdmsetup"

B.) Debian

./configure
--prefix=/usr
--libexecdir=/usr/lib/fast-user-switch-applet
--mandir=/usr/share/man
--with-gdm-config=/etc/gdm/gdm.conf --with-users-admin="gksu users-admin"
--with-gdm-setup="gksu gdmsetup"

C.) Fedora

./configure
--prefix=/usr
--with-gdm-config=/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
--with-users-admin="redhat-users-config"
--with-gdm-setup="gdmsetup"

Run-Time Configuration

FUSA includes a couple hidden, global GConf preferences:

/apps/fast-user-switch-applet/show_screen_item (default: "always")
/apps/fast-user-switch-applet/show_window_item (default: "auto")

These keys control if/when to show the "Login Screen" and "Login Window"
menuitems, respectively. Possible values for these keys include:

"never" - never show the menuitem.
"always" - always show the menuitem.
"auto" - show the menuitem when appropriate (depends on value of Xnest pref).

The defaults should be sufficient, but geeks may play without fear of `issues