Ubuntu
gdm package

The login screen shows an useless dialog when showing the user list has been disabled

Bug #478773 reported by Christoph Korn
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gdm
Fix Released
Unknown
gdm (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

When the user list is disabled (which can only be done using gconf but this is another bug [1]) there is a useless dialog shown where you just have to click on log in before you are asked for your username.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/464957/comments/7

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 9 00:18:11 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

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Christoph Korn (c-korn) wrote :
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Christoph Korn (c-korn) wrote :

This dialog should appear instead directly.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

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)

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Low
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gdm:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gdm:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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