Thanks for the bugreport. #1 would work, but it results in the same action as locking. (The currently logged-in user is pre-selected.) There is an additional security concern, because – unlike running the "lock" action – switching users via dm-tool doesn't check whether any locking programme like light-locker is running. And this is also the main reason why I wouldn't add it to whiskermenu by default.
(You seem to be misunderstanding a few things about user-switching and lightdm/light-locker. It is true that lightdm spawns a new X session each time you switch users, but those X sessions also go away or gets used after you have successfully completed the desired action (e.g. unlock an existing session or create a new session). Hence the user doesn't have to know anything about VT-switching, this is all handled graciously by lightdm and light-locker.) #2 That doesn't make any sense and also doesn't help. As mentioned above, the user doesn't have to know or do anything about VT-switching. #3 This timeout is hardcoded in light-locker and I'm not sure how lowering that would actually help with the bug. #4 That is what lightdm and the greeter are there for. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1285440 Title: xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin "Switch Users" functionality To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/+bug/1285440/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
