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Bug 696615 - Impossible to choose session if user is not password-protected
Impossible to choose session if user is not password-protected
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 634811
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: login-screen
3.10.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
: ---
Assigned To: Ray Strode [halfline]
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-03-26 07:50 UTC by Marco Scannadinari
Modified: 2014-11-07 12:19 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.9/3.10

Attachments
Mock (202.20 KB, image/png)
2013-07-05 22:48 UTC, Marco Scannadinari 		Details
Svg source(mock.png) (308.44 KB, image/svg+xml)
2013-07-05 22:49 UTC, Marco Scannadinari 		Details

Description Marco Scannadinari 2013-03-26 07:50:20 UTC 
Not having a password makes changing sessions impossible, because the session chooser is integrated into the password prompt - so when a user clicks on his / her account, gdm goes straight to GNOME, even if another session was installed.
Comment 1 Marco Scannadinari 2013-03-26 07:53:47 UTC 
To reproduce:
    1. Set your user account to have no password

    2. Install another DE:
        # yum install e16

    3. Restart GNOME to get log out option
        [Alt + F2] + r

    4. Log out

    5. Click on your user account

    6. Observe lack of session chooser
Comment 2 Marco Scannadinari 2013-06-23 17:41:02 UTC 
Still present in 3.8...
Comment 3 Ray Strode [halfline] 2013-06-25 11:45:13 UTC 
I think there's a few dupes of this floating around, but we should have a button or something set to a short timeout, in the no prompt case.
Comment 4 Marco Scannadinari 2013-07-05 22:48:36 UTC 
Created attachment 248494 [details]
Mock

I made a gdm mockup as to how this problem can be solved. Mainly it involves repositioning the session drop down seperately from the password entry, as it is a global setting and will allow the user to choose a session as well if (s)he is not password-equipped. svg source atatched seperately
Comment 5 Marco Scannadinari 2013-07-05 22:49:13 UTC 
Created attachment 248495 [details]
Svg source(mock.png)

svg source of mock.png
Comment 6 Bastien Nocera 2014-11-07 12:19:13 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 634811 ***