Ubuntu
xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin package

  1. Bug #1285440
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 1285440

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Brian McNeil (brian-mcneil) wrote :

Following comments elsewhere from Toz (which turned out most-helpful), I've effectively copied the gdmflexiserver file (/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm/gdmflexiserver) from a 13.10 install of Ubuntu Studio into a 14.04 environment. That resolves the issue without resorting to locking the screen and selecting 'New Login'.

It not only resolves the issue with whiskermenu, the standard 'Action Buttons' panel no longer shows "Switch User" as greyed-out.

The relevant command in gdmflexiserver doesn't make reference to gnome, being as-follows:

dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DisplayManager $XDG_SEAT_PATH org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.Seat.SwitchToGreeter