Bug#508971: gdm: fails when a user has logged out and as other are still connected

[Denis Laxalde]

Josselin Mouette a écrit :
> Le vendredi 23 janvier 2009 à 21:17 -0500, Denis Laxalde a écrit :
>> Also, I recently noticed that the problem only appears when the user 
>> that had first logged-in disconnects. After that, the other user can log 
>> in through the gdm screen but then, another password window (the one 
>> which appears when the screen is locked) appears along with a system bip.
> 
> This is of course expected if the other user is already connected: her
> session will be re-used instead of starting a new one. Where’s the bug
> here?
> 
Actually, asking the password twice (in gdm and in the "lock-screen" 
window) seems to be the normal behavior and, although I don't see the 
interest of this, the bug is indeed not there. The bug appears only when 
the first user disconnects. I noticed that a gdmgreeter process appears 
then.