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Bug 616584 - ampersand in user real name freezes login screen
ampersand in user real name freezes login screen
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 619588
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-04-23 03:01 UTC by Mark
Modified: 2010-06-17 00:21 UTC
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Description Mark 2010-04-23 03:01:07 UTC
Created original user in UNR 9.10 with username administrator and real name "Someone & Someone else".

The login screen is expected to show the real name "Someone & Someone else". Instead, the login screen confusingly shows the real name as "Others..." initially (tooltip is "Log in as administrator"), then on mouseout the real name changes to "(null)". There is still another option on the login screen that is also labelled "Others...".

I created subsequent users but they failed to even be listed on the login screen after the incorrectly labelled "Others..." option.

Installed UNR 9.10 on two netbooks and problem occurred on both. Suspected the ampersand in real name was the culprit, and removing this character proved to be a successful workaround for all above login screen issues.

All updates have been applied to UNR 9.10 installation.

Initially reported at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/499690
Comment 1 William Jon McCann 2010-06-17 00:21:44 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 619588 ***