> only happening in 16.04...I can't reproduce on bionic In artful and bionic this issue reproduceable if lightdm used as display manager.
** Description changed: When I lock my machine, the login screen shows my current user with the message: "Authentication Failed" ..and in the position when the password normally exists, the option "Switch to greeter..." + + This happens mostly after switching user sessions. + ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.26.1-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu Date: Tue Nov 21 10:28:47 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-17 (217 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_GB:en - PATH=(custom, no user) - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> - LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_GB:en + PATH=(custom, no user) + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> + LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-23 (29 days ago) ** Description changed: When I lock my machine, the login screen shows my current user with the - message: "Authentication Failed" + message: "Authentication Failure" ..and in the position when the password normally exists, the option "Switch to greeter..." This happens mostly after switching user sessions. - ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.26.1-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu Date: Tue Nov 21 10:28:47 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-17 (217 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-23 (29 days ago) ** Description changed: When I lock my machine, the login screen shows my current user with the message: "Authentication Failure" ..and in the position when the password normally exists, the option "Switch to greeter..." This happens mostly after switching user sessions. + Syslog contains entries like: + + WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.lockscreen UserPromptView.cpp:500 Failed + to start the authentication process. + ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.26.1-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu Date: Tue Nov 21 10:28:47 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-17 (217 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-23 (29 days ago) ** Description changed: When I lock my machine, the login screen shows my current user with the message: "Authentication Failure" ..and in the position when the password normally exists, the option "Switch to greeter..." This happens mostly after switching user sessions. Syslog contains entries like: - - WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.lockscreen UserPromptView.cpp:500 Failed - to start the authentication process. + Jan 6 17:15:42 eugene-Lenovo-Flex-2-14 compiz[1877]: WARN 2018-01-06 17:15:42 unity.lockscreen UserPromptView.cpp:500 Failed to start the authentication process. Retrying for 2 time. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.26.1-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu Date: Tue Nov 21 10:28:47 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-17 (217 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-23 (29 days ago) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1733557 Title: Login screen showing Authentication Failure Switch to greeter... To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1733557/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
