No visual indication of automatic login
Bug #1121660 reported by
Robert Ancell
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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LightDM GTK Greeter |
New
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Unknown
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unity-greeter (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When automatically logging in there is no visual indication an autologin is about to occur and no way to cancel it.
Related branches
lp:~robert-ancell/unity-greeter/lp-1121660
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- PS Jenkins bot (community): Needs Fixing (continuous-integration)
- Michael Terry: Pending requested
- Unity Greeter Development Team: Pending requested
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Diff: 201 lines (+88/-9)5 files modifiedsrc/prompt-box.vala (+3/-1)
src/unity-greeter.vala (+16/-1)
src/user-list.vala (+58/-6)
tests/test.vala (+1/-1)
tests/unity-greeter.vala (+10/-0)
Changed in unity-greeter (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
no longer affects: | unity-greeter |
Changed in lightdm-gtk-greeter: | |
importance: | Undecided → Unknown |
status: | New → Unknown |
Changed in lightdm-gtk-greeter: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
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The solution I have gone for is:
- If the selected user is the autologin one then
- Show the login button as "Log In In x Seconds"
- Animate that every second, and log in when the timer reaches zero
- If the selected user is changed (by mouse click or arrow keys) then the timer is cancelled.