Start New Session button missing

[RVDowning]

Newbie on 10.1 with a missing Start New Session button. I've read the posts and the following is the relevant content of /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers

 

:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -deferglyphs 16

:1 local reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 vt8 -deferglyphs 16

:2 local reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X :2 vt9 -deferglyphs 16

:3 local reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X :3 vt10 -deferglyphs 16

:4 local reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X :4 vt11 -deferglyphs 16

:5 local reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X :5 vt12 -deferglyphs 16

 

Now I understand I can do a CTRL/ALT/F2 and log in as another user and type startx -- :1

 

Works fine for a user that doesn't automatically go into KDE at logon, such as root, but not for a user who does not have to type the startx command for the gui to display.

 

Problem is: I may have something running that will take a long time and my wife wants to use the computer. Do I have to change her login so she does not automatically go into kde, and require her to do the steps above? That means that she would have to normally use the startx command after logging on.

 

Is there a way to get the Start New Session button back to simplify this process for her so that she doesn't have to go through the above procedure?

 

Rich

 

 

 

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