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Bug 562128 - Coming back to first user when logging out after having done a switch user
Coming back to first user when logging out after having done a switch user
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-11-24 14:47 UTC by Alex Costa
Modified: 2013-11-18 14:53 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
Restart transient displays after the user session ends (9.40 KB, patch)
2010-05-08 12:03 UTC, Josselin Mouette
none Details | Review

Description Alex Costa 2008-11-24 14:47:46 UTC
After having done a switch user, worked a bit, then select logout, I should
come back to a screen where I'm presented with a list of logged in users.
At the moment, I come back to the user who logged in first (not even the
screensaver is active)

Other information:
see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=309099
Comment 1 Lucas Rocha 2009-01-09 22:50:56 UTC
This is most likely a gdm bug. Re-assigning.
Comment 2 Brian Cameron 2009-01-09 23:42:21 UTC
What version of GDM are you using?  Run the following commands, one should work
depending on which version of GDM you are using:

  gdmflexiserver --command=VERSION
  gdmflexiserver --version
Comment 3 Josselin Mouette 2010-05-08 12:03:25 UTC
Created attachment 160568 [details] [review]
Restart transient displays after the user session ends

This is because a transient display is never respawned, even though it needs to when a session was successfully initiated.
Comment 4 Brian Cameron 2010-05-10 18:26:29 UTC
There was a similar problem with XDMCP sessions not starting after logout.  See bug #606724.  That issue was fixed a slightly different way.  I wonder if these two bugs should be fixed with a single, more general solution?
Comment 5 Gautier 2011-09-13 16:49:21 UTC
Hello ! I have nearly the same unless that when I log out, I've black screen and nothing else.
I've tried to do CTRL+ALT+F7 to come back in tty7, but It has not worked !
Any idea ?

Sincerely,
Gautier
Comment 6 Ray Strode [halfline] 2013-11-18 14:53:11 UTC
i think switching back to the user that switch user was initiated on is actually not really wrong.  At any rate, the screen should be locked, which it does with the current codebase.  

Closing, but reopen if you feel strongly.