Ubuntu
network-manager package

NetworkManager confused by multiple Xsessions (aka fast user switch)

Bug #93213 reported by Sero on 2007-03-17

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #77299: Password dialog appears on the wrong desktop when multiple users are logged on. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	network-manager (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: network-manager-gnome

If you have more then one Xsession running (e.g. System->Quit->Change user resulting in session1 on VT7 and session2 on VT9) and you interact with the networkmanger-gnome-applet on VT9 (e.g. you want to connect to a wireless network) the corespondanding GUI dialogue (e.g. asking for you passphrase) doen't show up. The applet seems to be looked. Well, it isn't but the GUI instead appears on VT7 (is this hardcoded?). This way it is invisible for the user on VT9 of cause (cause the users on VT7 and VT9 are not the same). The user on VT9 doens't have any chance to get his/her WLAN working this way.

network-manager-gnome 0.6.4-6ubuntu3 (feisty)