Also running Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10) for Intel PCs, nVidia driver, all up-to-date. Similar problem. When switching from user 1 (a non-administrative user) to user 2 (administrative permission user) and back to user 1, I get a blank off-white (or very pale brown) screen with mouse pointer arrow, but nothing else. I got out of it by exiting X using ctrl-alt-backspace, which put me back at a login screen. This blank screen appears to be the same as I get when I switch using Ctrl-Alt-F9. (For me, Ctrl-Alt-F7 gets a black screen.) I haven't tried switching to the X system screen using Ctrl-Alt-F10, but I'll try that and let you know in a follow-up comment.
If I switch user while Firefox still is running a window on user 1, I can login as user 2, but the system monitor shows that some processes are taking a lot of cpu time even though I'm doing nothing as user 2. Running "top" from a terminal window then shows that the Firefox and compiz processes are running and consuming most of the cpu time, doing who knows what in the invisible background instead of sleeping. Maybe the Firefox is continuing to run some animations on the web page it's displaying. When I return to user 1, there is no Firefox window. If I run Firefox then, it starts by telling me that it was not shut down correctly and asking if I want the old session restored or instead to start a new session. So, it appears that before switching user I'll have to close all open windows (not just minimize them). -- Strange behaviour switching users https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155458 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
