Bug#497339: gdm: Login disappears when switching user

[Josselin Mouette]

Le lundi 01 septembre 2008 à 10:18 +1000, Russell Weatherburn a écrit :
> The situation I have found is that I have two users who switch between
> VT7 and VT8.  Since changing to Lenny, I have found that VT7 appears to
> be stable, but the user who logs into VT8 can run the session for a
> period of time, however if the users xscreensaver comes on and locks the
> screen and the switch user button is clicked the VT8 session will
> disappear.

In this case, are there errors in the /var/log/gdm/:1.log
and /var/log/Xorg.1.log files ?

> A similar situation I have also seen when using vnc4server, however it
> occurred with VT7.  VT7 became unusable, however switching users and
> using VT10 was possible.

What do you mean by unusable?

> If this bug should be pointed elsewhere, please let me know.

It is probably a bug in your graphics driver causing a crash when you
switch to or from another VT.

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