** Description changed:
Binary package hint: gnome-applets
The new user switcher applet in Intrepid (the one that replaces the
logout button) is causing problems when kdm is set as the login manager.
The user switcher applet isn't drawn, and an error dialog (see attached
screenshot) with the following text appear immediately after login:
"User switcher" has quit unexpectedly
If you reload a panel object, it will automatically be added back to the
panel.
The dialog provides two buttons, "Don't Reload" and "Reload". Clicking
"Reload" doesn't bring the applet back -- it just brings up the same
dialog. Clicking "Don't Reload" makes the dialog go away, but the user
is still left without the applet. Switching the login manager to gdm
does not automatically bring the applet back, however after switching to
gdm the applet can be added to the panel manually.
The fact that the switching users in Gnome doesn't work with kdm isn't so bad
(and it's the same situation we had in Gutsy). The following are real problems:
1. vague error message
2. absence of a logout button
3. applet doesn't automatically return if the user switches back to gdm
Here's what I think ought to happen if the user sets kdm as the login manager:
1. The first Gnome login after the switch, a notification tells the user that
user switching won't work without gdm, and offers to switch the login manager
back to gdm.
2. The applet is drawn the same way (with the user's name and a functioning
logout button), but clicking on it doesn't provide the option of switching
users.
3. The ability to switch users automatically returns if the login manager is
switched back to gdm.
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+ EDIT:
+ Sorry, forgot package versions. I'm using October 28's Intrepid daily-live,
the x86 version.
+ gnome-applets 2.24.1-0ubuntu1
+ gdm 2.20.8-0ubuntu3
+ kdm 4:4.1.2-0ubuntu12
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Intrepid user switcher applet doesn't work with kdm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290509
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