Gnome screen unlock should also show already opened sessions

Bug #134486 reported by Markus Kienast
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gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: xorg

There is one mayor inconsistency with the fast-user-switching UI.

The unlock screen dialog now already shows a "switch user" button. What it does not yet show, but needs to show to avoid confusion is a list of already running user sessions, which are available to switch to.

Without that, a user might try to login twice. This might happen if user A locks his screen and then leaves the machine. User B logs in and leaves as well. User A returns and thinks he has been logged out/killed via Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and tries to login again. Moreover the way it is now, he would have to wild guess which VT his session is on and he would have to know about the appropriate keyboard shortcut, which is very unlikely with newbies.

By the way, I very much like the fact, that in Ubuntu it is actually taken serious if you say you can't expect a newbie to know - unlike in Debian. I know, and most people that would report a bug or wish here, but our mothers don't.

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Roberto Sarrionandia (rbs-tito) wrote :

But when user A comes back and switches user he wil go to his open session by default, GDM shos the "Already logged in" subtitle.

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Markus Kienast (elias1884) wrote : Re: [Bug 134486] Re: Gnome screen unlock should also show already opened sessions

On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 11:44 +0000, Roberto Sarrionandia wrote:
> But when user A comes back and switches user he wil go to his open
> session by default, GDM shos the "Already logged in" subtitle.
>

As far as I remember, when you hit "switch user" at the unlock screen, a
new gdm screen is opened. Even if you would be forwarded to your already
opened session when you try to log in again, I can't see, why this
additional and unnecessary jump to GDM should be done. It just confuses
the user!

It is non-intuitive to be presented with a login screen, when you know,
you left your desktop locked and did not log out.

A simple drop down (like integrating the gutsy fast-user-switching panel
applet into the unlock screen) would be the best and most intuitive
solution.

elias

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

Not a bug in xorg.

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Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) wrote :

Hi there
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with the development version of Ubuntu, Hardy Heron?

Thanks in advance.

Changed in gnome-screensaver:
assignee: nobody → sourcercito
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New".

Thanks again!

Changed in gnome-screensaver:
assignee: sourcercito → nobody
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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