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[Mihai Capotă <mihai@xxxxxxxxx>]

Confirmed in Precise.

** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Confirmed

** Description changed:

- 1.Choose System/Administration/Login Window/Accessibility/Enable accessible login; 
- 2.Choose Quit/Lock Screen/Switch User; 
- 3.Appear input password  dialog box.
+ In a system with multiple users, the screensaver unlock dialog does not
+ permit switching users.
+ 
+ Steps to reproduce:
+ 1. Lock screen.
+ 2. Press "Switch user" button.
+ 
+ Expected outcome:
+ The login screen is presented, so that any user account can be selected.
+ 
+ Actual outcome:
+ The screen blanks for a moment and the lock screen reappears. The only way to continue is to input the password of the user that locked the screen.
+ 
+ Workaround:
+ Use Ctrl+Alt+F<x> to switch to the X session of the desired user.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/55575

Title:
  Lock Screen/Switch User can't use

Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  In a system with multiple users, the screensaver unlock dialog does
  not permit switching users.

  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Lock screen.
  2. Press "Switch user" button.

  Expected outcome:
  The login screen is presented, so that any user account can be selected.

  Actual outcome:
  The screen blanks for a moment and the lock screen reappears. The only way to continue is to input the password of the user that locked the screen.

  Workaround:
  Use Ctrl+Alt+F<x> to switch to the X session of the desired user.

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