Locked screen is visible for about a second on user switch

Bug #888721 reported by Tim Begander
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

How to reproduce:
1. Login with account A(in my case system manager)
2. Switch to user B
3. Login as user B.
3. Switch back to user A.

Before i need to enter the credentials of A i can see the screen of A for about a second without.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-screensaver 3.2.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 10 21:05:39 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
Symptom: security
Title: Screen locking issue
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Tim Begander (timmib) wrote :
description: updated
visibility: private → public
security vulnerability: yes → no
security vulnerability: no → yes
Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Larika (matteo-tanca) wrote :

The bug is still present, in each Ubuntu and Ubuntu Gnome release.

Tested on 14.04, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04

Can see the same bug with only a user on resume.

Please fix this.

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