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Description of problem: Attempting to switch between users frequently causes an incomplete login screen to display, styled in the same manner as login when computer is first booted-up. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Almost every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Login as a two users 2. Lock screen of one user or otherwise attempt to swtich to another user 3. Attempt at least once more Actual results: Login screen is incompletely displayed, does not display any names, menu buttons at top-right in the panel (accessibility, power, etc.) appear to have their options overlayed by the main window when clicked. Expected results: A screen that allows me to switch without visual glitches. Additional info: I am running Gnome 3 in fallback mode, so I am not using Gnome-Shell. This seems like it might be relevant.
I am running into the same problem, but I am running Gnome-Shell (not fallback mode).
I got the following messages in /var/log/messages: Dec 19 20:31:59 delos dbus[1104]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' (using servicehelper) Dec 19 20:31:59 delos dbus-daemon[1104]: dbus[1104]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' (using servicehelper) Dec 19 20:31:59 delos dbus[1104]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit' Dec 19 20:31:59 delos dbus-daemon[1104]: dbus[1104]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit' Dec 19 20:32:56 delos kernel: [ 6147.674041] composite sync not supported Dec 19 20:32:57 delos kernel: [ 6149.291381] composite sync not supported Dec 19 20:32:58 delos gnome-session[2160]: DEBUG(+): Searching for 4194308 in 4194307,4194308 Dec 19 20:32:58 delos gnome-session[2160]: DEBUG(+): Watch 1 fired, idle time = 1 Dec 19 20:32:58 delos gnome-session[2160]: DEBUG(+): GsmPresence: setting idle: 0 Dec 19 20:32:58 delos gnome-session[2160]: DEBUG(+): Updating ConsoleKit idle status: 0 Dec 19 20:33:03 delos kernel: [ 6155.087115] composite sync not supported Dec 19 20:33:04 delos dbus[1104]: [system] Activating service name='net.reactivated.Fprint' (using servicehelper) Dec 19 20:33:04 delos dbus-daemon[1104]: dbus[1104]: [system] Activating service name='net.reactivated.Fprint' (using servicehelper) Dec 19 20:33:04 delos dbus-daemon[1104]: Launching FprintObject Dec 19 20:33:04 delos dbus[1104]: [system] Successfully activated service 'net.reactivated.Fprint' Dec 19 20:33:04 delos dbus-daemon[1104]: dbus[1104]: [system] Successfully activated service 'net.reactivated.Fprint' Dec 19 20:33:04 delos dbus-daemon[1104]: ** Message: D-Bus service launched with name: net.reactivated.Fprint Dec 19 20:33:04 delos dbus-daemon[1104]: ** Message: entering main loop Dec 19 20:33:13 delos gnome-session[2160]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager interface=org.gnome.SessionManager method=IsInhibited Dec 19 20:33:13 delos gnome-session[2160]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager interface=org.gnome.SessionManager method=IsInhibited ~
Same problem here with gnome-shell. I log into the two accounts that we use most often, and then resort to using Ctlr-Alt-F1 or Ctrl-Alt-F7 to switch between them.
I found the problem for me was that when my son logged out of my machine, the session wouldn't completely exit. I could find a virtual console that had his background, but no menubar, and was generally unresponsive. Later, when he would go to login again, when the machine hadn't rebooted since his last login, he couldn't login (after all, he was already 1/2 logged in). I suspect this problem relates to how my son would log out. He would not stop Firefox before logging out, and something obviously would go wrong. In any case, this still seems like a bug. By the way, I asked my son to exit firefox before logging out. That seems to be a working workaround.
I'm not logging out, just switching users. And I'm not going to close FF every time I switch users :)
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