fast user switching just locks screen

[Simon Bock]

Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver

hum:/var/log# tail syslog
Dec 12 13:38:37 hum gdm-binary[959]: WARNING: Error activating session for user sbock: Activation is not supported for this kind of seat

each time I unsuccessfully try to switch, one of these lines is generated.

All worked well in 8.10, unsure about 9.04, rather sure 9.10 malfunctioned.
Now I'm stuck with 10.04 and no user switching.

Followed some bug reports, the most promising being http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/schwarzer-bildschirm-bei-benutzerwechsel-2/#post-2478232 which proposed to install the newest gnome-screensaver, which I already had...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-screensaver 2.30.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-26.48-generic 2.6.32.24+drm33.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-26-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Dec 12 14:08:17 2010
GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
GnomeSessionInhibitors: None
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/tcsh
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
WindowManager: gnome-wm

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version. Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!