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This quirk has been bugging me, and especially my non-techy partner. If either of us allows the system to auto-lock the system due to inactivity. We cannot access the dropdown to login as ourselves, we have to log back in as the original(last) user, log out then login as ourselves, then log in again as if we had locked the system.

Just to recap, because maybe it's not obvious.

'A' logs in and the system auto-locks due to inactivity. 'B' is able to log in and does so, system auto-locks due to inactivity. 'A' is unable to log in now. 'A' logs into system as 'B', logs 'B' out, then logs in as 'A', gets to the original login screen and eventually logs in as 'A'

phew...!

Matthew Hudson
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  • Did you try clicking the top right gear icon and selecting the user you wish to login as? Also, you use a different display manager to login (ie: GDM). – negusp Oct 10 '16 at 14:34
  • Yes the gear at the top right is non-functional. All functions date/time, keyboard, gear etc. grey out and do nothing. I am using the standard display manager, shipping with Ubuntu – Matthew Hudson Oct 10 '16 at 14:59
  • I would try installing GDM then- "sudo apt-get install gdm", "sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm", restart. – negusp Oct 10 '16 at 15:01
  • @PatrickNegus ... that caused some issues! unable to boot up system, had to go to safe mode and follow: http://askubuntu.com/questions/760825/cannot-boot-system-due-to-start-job-running-for-hold to get it back... not sure where GDM borked everything but think I'll have to reconsider this option. – Matthew Hudson Oct 10 '16 at 16:48
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    Oh no, sorry!.. sits in corner and cries – negusp Oct 10 '16 at 17:13
  • It's ok, we all live another day! – Matthew Hudson Oct 10 '16 at 18:49

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There are rare occasions where an application or screen savor might not show the regular screen. When this happens there are two ways the two of you can log in. One way is using either the Gear icon at on the top right hand of the screen or scrolling to the name on the Login screen.

An alternate way (Method #2) is to switch to the users DISPLAY. The GUI displays start with F7 and move up as needed... F8, F9, etc. You can change displays by holding down the Cntrl+Alt and hitting the F# key of the display you want. You will see the user's name as the login option of his display.

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