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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: indicator-session (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  User switching does not work: my_switch_to_username: assertion
  'p->dm_seat != NULL' failed

Status in indicator-session package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Actual behavior:
  Switching users from the indicator menu does nothing. Only this is logged in /var/log/syslog:
  Jul 17 23:11:01 cherna indicator-sessi[5227]: my_switch_to_username: assertion 'p->dm_seat != NULL' failed

  Expected behavior upon selecting another user in the indicator menu:
  Switches to a screen with a A password prompt.

  Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
  indicator-session 17.3.20+19.10.20190921-0ubuntu1

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: indicator-session 17.3.20+19.10.20190921-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-77.86-generic 5.4.119
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-77-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu
  Date: Sat Jul 17 23:34:43 2021
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-29 (2910 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
  SourcePackage: indicator-session
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2021-07-10 (7 days ago)

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