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Bug 694764 - session choice forgotten between user name screen and password screen
session choice forgotten between user name screen and password screen
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: login-screen
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Ray Strode [halfline]
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-02-26 19:51 UTC by Jeremy Bicha
Modified: 2013-02-28 02:34 UTC
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Description Jeremy Bicha 2013-02-26 19:51:45 UTC 
gnome-shell/mutter/gdm/gnome-session 3.7.90 on Ubuntu 13.04.

As a workaround for bug 694733, I have been using the 'Not listed?' option to manually enter my user name when I need to test a different desktop session. These steps assume you have installed an extra session like GNOME Fallback or the new GNOME Classic session (from gnome-shell-extensions).

1. Click 'Not Listed?'
2. Type in your user name but don't press Enter or click Next.
3. Choose a different session then click Next.
4. On the password screen, the session choice has reverted to how it was before step 3.

Workaround: Wait until the password screen to pick the session you want to log in to.
Comment 1 Ray Strode [halfline] 2013-02-26 19:59:49 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 694733 ***
Comment 2 Ray Strode [halfline] 2013-02-26 20:00:18 UTC 
ohh, misread the bug, sorry, reopening
Comment 3 Ray Strode [halfline] 2013-02-28 02:33:49 UTC 
we fixed this when we fixed bug 694784 (by only showing the session list when we can respect it)