IMO, the session manager which launches xscreensaver should also tell xscreensaver (or other screensavers) how to do user switching. It does not make sense that xscreensaver should try to keep up with various combinations of desktop environments and display managers and guess the right commands.
I think this would be something for a freedesktop standard. Until then, xscreensaver reads the X resource XScreenSaver.newLoginCommand run-time so the session managers can simply set this. I made this wrapper once: http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab- maint/xscreensaver.git/commit/?id=f2136d9374bd072a0e6978c3a19c1a8cc2396726 but seriously this is not a good solution either. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xscreensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1320560 Title: Removal of gdmflexiserver breaks user switching Status in “xfce4-panel” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “xfswitch-plugin” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “xscreensaver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hello and pardon for my bad english. On xfce4, the button to log with a new user without logout never wants to works. It accepts to open a confirmation windows "To you really want to change user?" That's OK. Then I press Yes and I've got an error message who says in french : "Impossible to create a new display" and in english : "GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.DisplayManager was not provided by any .service files" lsb_release-rd : Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release: 14.04 apt-cache policy xfswitch-plugin xfswitch-plugin: Installé : 0.0.1-4ubuntu1 Candidat : 0.0.1-4ubuntu1 Table de version : *** 0.0.1-4ubuntu1 0 500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Thanks for your help. Claude Micouin ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xfswitch-plugin 0.0.1-4ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun May 18 00:20:57 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-07 (10 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) SourcePackage: xfswitch-plugin UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-panel/+bug/1320560/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
