[Bug 290509] Re: gnome user switcher applet doesn't work with kdm

[Chris Coulson]

** Description changed:

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  ***summary***
  
  Every user that will set KDM as login manager, will see an error message because user switching applet will die (since it is incompatible with KDM apparently).
  This is bad! To show error message (application crash) to each user.
  
  Quick fix: at least just make nicer error message like "This applet is
  not currently compatible with KDM." and disable restarting it!
  
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  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.
  
  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

** Tags removed: fail kde kdm

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gnome user switcher applet doesn't work with kdm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290509
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