GDM does not sort users by login frequency

[Andy Duffell]

Binary package hint: gdm

GDM on my netbook running 10.10 (Unity) is not ordering the users by their login frequency.

Querying ck-history --frequent shows:
user A: 476
user B: 2

Yet user B tops the list. User A also has a lower UID and is before user B in the alphabet, so I haven't a clue what priority GDM is using.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gdm 2.30.5-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 23 08:00:37 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm

[Vincent (vinnl)]

I'm not sure whether my bug is exactly the same. I'm running the ZaReason Terra HD which came with Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.10 installed. When I see the login screen on startup, most of the time I am the first one listed. Every now and then (seemingly random), though, the account Guest User (a passwordless account I created) is moved to top.

$ ck-history --frequent
vincent 2449
gdm 296
guest 8
(null) 7
mpd 2

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

[Leo (leorolla)]

It also happens to me.
I also have Lubuntu-desktop installed
Maybe another DE is causing this?

You people have another DE installed?

[Jon (godbhaal666)]

The same problem with my Lucid.

[Nec (nicolas-ecarnot)]

Same on 11.04 desktop

[Faron Anslow (faron-anslow)]

Still a problem in 13.04. The GDM login order on my machine has nothing to do with frequency.