*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 663159 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663159
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 663159
Logout when switching user - X server error
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693446
Title:
Switch user loses session and logs out
Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Binary package hint: gdm
When using switch user, the original user gets logged out.
More detail:
- First user logs in.
- "Switch user" -- login screen shows first user still logged in.
- Second user logs in.
- Second user logs out.
- Login screen shows first user logged out. First user can log in again but
original session has been lost.
Error message in the GDM logs:
Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file
/var/lib/gdm/.config/metacity/sessions/102269cdd64f9053f9128325589418062200000038330002.ms:
Failed to open file
'/var/lib/gdm/.config/metacity/sessions/102269cdd64f9053f9128325589418062200000038330002.ms':
No such file or directory
Canonical says, "when you switch user it creates a saved session, but
upon return that file is gone."
I have attached my logs from /var/log/gdm.
System: Ubuntu Lucid 10.04.1 LTS 64-bit with all updates installed.
Synaptic reports gdm version 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu4.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gdm 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-27.49-generic 2.6.32.26+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 5bf569339afeaacf6d8dcc180d0a06f0
CheckboxSystem: b1865df84255b8716d3bcc269ff410d1
Date: Wed Dec 22 15:37:25 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm
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