[Bug 73763] "switch users" problem

[marc raes]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-session

laptop: DELL LATITUDE
ID: Ubuntu 6.10  edgy
problem: when I log out and use the "switch user" button, the person who logs in gets his normal GUI but with a mouse cursor that stays transfixed. It can nevertheless be forced to move with the little mauve scroll wheel in the middle of my keyboard, but is unable to click anything. When I switch back to my own session, using ctr+alt+F7, I first get the screensaver, then after mouseclicking, password,  everything is normal for my session. Then I tried to switch users with the terminal using "gdmflexiserver"command to no avail. I got the following comment on the terminal screen: "(gnome-screensaver-command:464) gnome-screensaver-WARNING: unknown option --throttle". Using the command, gets me my partners GUI but with the same problem: transfixed cursor. Tried several times, and one time a tab appeared on my session, suggesting I' d use virtual console or screen 10. So I tried ctr+alt+F10 and there was my partners session, completely ok. But thats a lot of work: first she has to type in name&passwd, then I have to use ctr+alt+F7 and then, after my session reappears, ctr+alt+F10 so she can finally use the laptop. This is, of course, to silly. How to fix this? (excuse my English, I am Flemish).

** Affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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"switch users" problem
https://launchpad.net/bugs/73763