Public bug reported:
Coming from Windows to Kubuntu, user switching is counter-intuitive when
switching between multiple users. The problem is two fold
1) The "switch user" window does not close after selecting a user to switch to
2) The "switch user" window does not do anything if trying to activate the
current session
To reproduce issue:
1) Log in
2) In Kubuntu 13.10, Open kickoff launcher, select leave, then switch user
3) Start a new session
4) Log in to another user such as guest
5) As in step 2, select switch user menu item
6) switch back to the first session
7) Bug #1: Upon switching back to the previous session you will see the "switch
user" window (should have been closed after switching -- counter intuitive)
8) Bug #2: The user will click their desired user name and click activate but
nothing will happen when trying to activate the current session.
The user doesnt know that the session was actually changed in step 6 because of
bug #1 and despite the screen blanking, both sessions look the same.
The next user fail is in step 8 where again, the user will try to
activate the desired session again but for some reason activating the
session you are already on does nothing (not even closing the window
which would make sense)
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10
apt-cache policy lightdm
lightdm:
Installed: 1.8.4-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 1.8.4-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1.8.4-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates/main i386
Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.8.2-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main i386 Packages
user@machine-eM250:~$ which kde
user@machine-eM250:~$ kde
No command 'kde' found, did you mean:
...
user@machine-eM250:~$ which lightdm
/usr/sbin/lightdm
user@machine-eM250:~$ dpkg -S /usr/sbin/lightdm
lightdm: /usr/sbin/lightdm
** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: lightdm login session switch user
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Switching sessions: Activating current session does nothing
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