gdm user switching issue
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gdm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gdm
Running cleanly installed and up-to-date Ubuntu 8.04.1.
I am actually unsure what package this bug belongs to: either gdm or fast-user-
Consider a desktop shared by several people, for example a family computer. Users 'A' and 'B' have accounts there. When switching between users the machine can freeze with login sound repeated forever.
Steps to reproduce:
1) user 'A' logs in first
2) user 'B' logs in using the fast-user-switch applet
3) user 'A' becomes active again after using the fast-user-
4) then the user 'A' logs out
5) user 'B' tries to log back in (eventhough the 'B' is logged in already)
Expected is to get to the X11 screen where the last user was logged in, i.e. 'B' desktop, naturally password protected as always.
What happened? When user 'A' logs out in step 4) it should have switched to the locked screen of 'B' and so offer a dialog for entering the password thus unlocking the 'B' session. Instead, normal GDM login dialog is presented (asking for both name an password) and when user 'B' tries to log in they get to their desktop but it is sort of freezed, the login sound repeates over and over and everything is slow to death.
Thanks for looking into this.
thank you for your bug report, what videocard and driver do you use?