This has been fixed in Xubuntu 14.04 (lightdm-gtk-greeter + xfwm4 with compositing enabled).
See bug 1232804 for more information. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-greeter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1376233 Title: Gray screen between unity greeter login and desktop Status in “unity-greeter” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm looking for a 'smooth' transition between unity greeter and my desktop screen. Instead, I get this ugly gray screen. The 'bug' is duplicated between two different computers (both home & work). Hope you can help, thank you in advance. Xubuntu 14.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity-greeter 14.04.10-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-36.63-generic 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-36-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Wed Oct 1 07:56:05 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-28 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2) SourcePackage: unity-greeter UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1376233/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
