> what's happening (afaics) is this. > > 1.) you have libpam-ck-connector installed, which with version 0.3.0-1 is now > automatically enabled (using pam-auth-update) > 2.) When you login on the console, XDG_SESSION_COOKIE will be set by the pam > module > 3.) you then start your X session via startx, the Xsession script will not run > though, as XDG_SESSION_COOKIE is already set. > 4.) Your session on the console (tty1) will then correctly be marked as > inactive > (as your active session will now be at tty7)
Ah, I see, that all makes sense now! > For the time being, you can either uninstall libpam-ck-connector / disable it > (run dpkg-reconfigure libpam-ck-connector) or remove the XDG_SESSION_COOKIE > check in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90consolekit (which shouldn't do any harm for > you, > as you don't use gdm/kdm) > > I'm not quite sure yet, how to address this issue. Do you know what the harmful side-effects of removing the XDG_SESSION_COOKIE check in 90consolekit are? I don't really see what the point of the check is, and it breaks startx & friends. > Cheers, > Michael Thanks for the information! :) -- Sam Morris <[email protected]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
