Yes, setting greeter-show-manual-login=true re-enables the ability to select other users. My problem arose because I had greeter-hide- users=true set from before the upgrade. These settings function independently and consistently, but that particular combination produces unexpected behaviour.
I ran a few test cases, and here are the results. The first two digits represent the status (0 = false, 1 = true, - = not present) of greeter_hide_users and greeter_show_manual_login, respectively: A. -, -: no username field, names showing B. 0, -: no username field, names showing C. 0, 0: no username field, names showing D. 0, 1: username field showing, names showing E. 1, -: no username field, no names (USERS CAN'T LOG IN) F. 1, 0: no username field, no names (USERS CAN'T LOG IN) G. 1, 1: username field showing, no names It is concievable that someone may want both the users and username field hidden, though I'm not sure this is the best way to achieve that outcome. Problematically, a configuration that worked previously stops working completely by default after the user upgrades to Precise, and the solution is undocumented because the parameter required to fix it is missing from the config file. I suggest the installation script overwrite /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf; the user will be prompted if their version differs from the "canonical" version, and all will be well with the world. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/956570 Title: unity greeter doesn't allow username to be selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/956570/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
