xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin "Switch Users" functionality
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xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Xubuntu 14.04 Beta 1
(not sure where to put this request, can't file bug reports against the whisker menu through ubuntu-bug, but I don't think it belongs there).
Whisker menu has an option to "Switch Users" on the main menu dialog but it is greyed out. In the properties, it is currently set to run gdmflexiserver but the package "libgdm1" is not installed. Installing that package doesn't make the functionality work because of a "GDBus.
You can use the dm-tool from the lightdm package to enable this functionality by using the command: "dm-tool switch-to-greeter" in the "Switch Users" command on the Behaviour tab.
Suggestion #1: Include this command as the default for "Switch Users" behaviour.
Although this will enable the switch users functionality, it raises a secondary issue. The new greeter is opened on a secondary virtual console (Ctrl+Alt+F8) and every subsequent switch user command creates a new virtual console login. The issue is that the new user will need to know about virtual consoles and how to switch between them. In addition, when switching consoles, the light-locker lock screen displays the black "This session is locked" screen but doesn't include the userid of the logged in user (like the xscreensaver dialog did) and includes a delay of about 5 seconds before the login dialog appears. This further complicates the identification of which console the user is at and having to wait 5 seconds to identify it.
Suggestion #2: Edit the light-locker lock screen message to include the userid of the currently logged in user.
Suggestion #3: Decrease the wait time time of the light-locker "This session is locked" screen to about 1 or 2 seconds.
Suggestion #4: Create a wrapper program to manage multi-user sessions. A program that lists available active sessions that can be switched to and offers the opportunity to create a new session. Change the whisker-menu properties to run this program which will then interface with the dm-tool command.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xubuntu-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Feb 26 20:23:53 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-26 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha i386 (20140225)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: xubuntu-
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Related branches
- Micah Gersten: Approve
- Jack Fromm (community): Approve
- Pasi Lallinaho (community): Approve (community)
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Diff: 82 lines (+54/-5)3 files modifieddebian/changelog (+5/-0)
etc/xdg/xdg-xubuntu/xfce4/panel/whiskermenu-1.rc (+0/-5)
usr/share/xfce4/whiskermenu/defaults.rc (+49/-0)
no longer affects: | xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu) |
This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.
A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here: iso.qa. ubuntu. com/qatracker/ reports/ bugs/1285440
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