KDE apps for several users on the same machine

[Patrick Spendrin]

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Am 11.05.2010 16:46, schrieb Thomas Friedrichsmeier:
> Hi,
> 
> an rkward user (in CC) just pointed out that on Windows Server 2003, if 
> user1 has started a KDE application, user2 cannot start a KDE 
> application, and vice versa. More specifically, it appears that 
> kdeinit4.exe runs for both users, and tries to start a dbus-daemon for 
> both users. For the second user this will hang. I can reproduce the same 
> issue on Windows XP SP2.
> 
> I have toyed with some options, but to no avail:
> - "kdeinit4.exe --no-dbus" does (attempt to) start dbus-daemon as well
> - Changing the listen-port in etc/session.conf seemed to have no effect, 
> although I'd suspect that the port-conflict is the proximal cause of the 
> hang
> 
> Is this a known issue? Is there a workaround? Should I open a bug-report?

Hm, maybe there is a workaround:
You could use two different installations for KDE (a copy should be
enough) and in etc\session.conf you could alter the port on which dbus
runs for one of the two users. This is more a 'that could work' though,
I haven't tested it fully yet.

> 
> Regards
> Thomas

regards,
Patrick

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