Bug 430304

Summary:	Login user selection is annoying when there are a number of users
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Bruno Wolff III <bruno>
Component:	gdm	Assignee:	Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Bruno Wolff III 2008-01-25 22:31:30 UTC

Description of problem:
After upgrading to rawhide the number of users listed in the login screen
increased (so that its possible this is really a preexisting problem). When I
select a user to login in as the unselected users are removed one at a time and
then the window is shrunk also in discrete chunks with a noticeable delay
between each change. Besides the small increase in time to login, it is annoying
to watch.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gdm-2.21.5-1.fc9

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make sure there are about dozen accounts to login in as.
2. Double click on one of the users.
3.
  
Actual results:
The login window is updated a dozen or so times in a chunky manner.

Expected results:
One update to the display.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bruno Wolff III 2008-02-20 17:14:53 UTC

The new method of starting with just other mitigates the problem I reported above.
I'll leave it open for now since you still might want to make it work faster in
the case where a lot of people share a desktop, but for my purposes the problem
is now moot.

Comment 2 Matthias Clasen 2008-02-20 20:21:34 UTC

Starting with just other is a bug, not a new method.
If the animation is not smooth or fast enough, that is a different problem.

Comment 3 Ray Strode [halfline] 2008-02-21 15:07:29 UTC

well, initially it will start with "Other..."  by design.  that's not a bug. 
There was a bug where it wouldn't ever grow beyond "Other..." as users were
picked, but that should be fixed now I think.

The point still stands though we need to fix the animation to not suck.

Comment 4 jmccann 2008-03-07 23:49:10 UTC

The long list of users should be fixed.  I've opened a bug upstream for
animation improvements.