Bug 1377650 - Selected desktop environment is reset If wrong password is typed
Summary: Selected desktop environment is reset If wrong password is typed
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gdm
Version: 24
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-09-20 09:44 UTC by Jaroslav Škarvada
Modified: 2017-08-08 17:29 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-08-08 17:29:44 UTC
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Description Jaroslav Škarvada 2016-09-20 09:44:05 UTC
Description of problem:
Scenario:
User wants to load non-default desktop environment (DE), she/he selected it in the GDM login screen, then typed in the password. In case she/he made an typo, the DE selection is reset to the default and the user is not notified about it.

It's unlikely the user who want's to login to alternative DE just changes it's opinion and wants to login to different DE just because of the typo in password. This behaviour mostly results in bad user experience, because the user on the second (or next) try logs to the DE she/he doesn't want.

I think the DE selection should stay in place. In case you are afraid of the newcomers to the machine if the user didn't complete the login, it could:

- visually indicate that the non-default DE is selected
- reset the DE selection to the default after some time of inactivity

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gdm-3.20.1-3.fc24.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select alternative non-default DE
2. type-in wrong password
3. type-in correct password

Actual results:
User is logged to default DE

Expected results:
User should be logged to the alternative non-default DE she/he selected

Additional info:

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