It's sad that upstream doesn't seem to care about this bug.
I refreshed the patch against 1.1.11. Nothing has changed in the patch itself, just the diff metadata and contexts so it will actually apply.
diff -bBurN a/debian/control b/debian/control --- a/debian/control 2011-10-23 08:30:39.000000000 -0400 +++ b/debian/control 2011-10-23 08:29:05.902560613 -0400 @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ libselinux1-dev [linux-any], libxinerama-dev (>= 1:1.0.1), libxft-dev, + libck-connector-dev, quilt, automake, libtool, diff -bBurN a/debian/patches/consolekit.diff b/debian/patches/consolekit.diff --- a/debian/patches/consolekit.diff 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500 +++ b/debian/patches/consolekit.diff 2011-10-23 08:38:44.023333107 -0400 @@ -0,0 +1,231 @@ +Description: Implement ConsoleKit support + Starting from 0.4.2, ConsoleKit has more strict securty requirements + and ck-launch-session doesn't create a local and active session + anymore. +Forwarded: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2011-February/019615.html +Origin: https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file?file=xdm-consolekit.diff&package=xorg-x11&project=openSUSE:11.3:Update:Test&srcmd5=5e43d91b0bf84c8a82fc23b1cb550931 +--- a/configure.ac ++++ b/configure.ac +@@ -430,6 +430,20 @@ + AC_SUBST(XDMSHELL_CFLAGS) + AC_SUBST(XDMSHELL_LIBS) + ++# ConsoleKit support ++AC_ARG_WITH(consolekit, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-consolekit], [Use ConsoleKit]), ++ [USE_CONSOLEKIT=$withval], [USE_CONSOLEKIT=yes]) ++if test x"$USE_CONSOLEKIT" != xno; then ++ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CK_CONNECTOR, ck-connector, ++ [USE_CONSOLEKIT=yes], [USE_CONSOLEKIT=no]) ++ if test x"$USE_CONSOLEKIT" = xyes; then ++ AC_DEFINE([USE_CONSOLEKIT], 1, [Define to 1 to use ConsoleKit]) ++ XDM_CFLAGS="$XDM_CFLAGS $CK_CONNECTOR_CFLAGS" ++ XDM_LIBS="$XDM_LIBS $CK_CONNECTOR_LIBS" ++ fi ++fi ++dnl AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_CONSOLEKIT, test$USE_CONSOLEKIT = xyes) ++ + # + # Chooser + # +--- a/include/dm.h ++++ b/include/dm.h +@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ + extern char *prngdSocket; + extern int prngdPort; + # endif ++#ifdef USE_CONSOLEKIT ++extern int use_consolekit; ++#endif + + extern char *greeterLib; + extern char *willing; +--- a/xdm/resource.c ++++ b/xdm/resource.c +@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ + char *prngdSocket; + int prngdPort; + #endif ++#ifdef USE_CONSOLEKIT ++int use_consolekit; ++#endif + + char *greeterLib; + char *willing; +@@ -196,6 +199,10 @@ + "false"} , + { "willing", "Willing", DM_STRING, &willing, + ""} , ++#ifdef USE_CONSOLEKIT ++{ "consoleKit", "ConsoleKit", DM_BOOL, (char **) &use_consolekit, ++ "true"} , ++#endif + }; + + #define NUM_DM_RESOURCES (sizeof DmResources / sizeof DmResources[0]) +@@ -380,7 +387,11 @@ + {"-debug", "*debugLevel", XrmoptionSepArg, (caddr_t) NULL }, + {"-xrm", NULL, XrmoptionResArg, (caddr_t) NULL }, + {"-daemon", ".daemonMode", XrmoptionNoArg, "true" }, +-{"-nodaemon", ".daemonMode", XrmoptionNoArg, "false" } ++{"-nodaemon", ".daemonMode", XrmoptionNoArg, "false" }, ++#ifdef USE_CONSOLEKIT ++{"-consolekit", ".consoleKit", XrmoptionNoArg, "true" }, ++{"-noconsolekit", ".consoleKit", XrmoptionNoArg, "false" } ++#endif + }; + + static int originalArgc; +--- a/xdm/session.c ++++ b/xdm/session.c +@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ + # endif + #endif /* USE_PAM */ + ++#ifdef USE_CONSOLEKIT ++#include <ck-connector.h> ++#include <dbus/dbus.h> ++#endif ++ + #ifdef __SCO__ + # include <prot.h> + #endif +@@ -504,6 +509,97 @@ + } + } + ++#ifdef USE_CONSOLEKIT ++ ++static CkConnector *connector; ++ ++static int openCKSession(struct verify_info *verify, struct display *d) ++{ ++ int ret; ++ DBusError error; ++ char *remote_host_name = ""; ++ dbus_bool_t is_local; ++ char *display_name = ""; ++ char *display_device = ""; ++ char devtmp[16]; ++ ++ if (!use_consolekit) ++ return 1; ++ ++ is_local = d->displayType.location == Local; ++ if (d->peerlen > 0 && d->peer) ++ remote_host_name = d->peer; ++ if (d->name) ++ display_name = d->name; ++ /* how can we get the corresponding tty at best...? */ ++ if (d->windowPath) { ++ display_device = strchr(d->windowPath, ':'); ++ if (display_device && display_device[1]) ++ display_device++; ++ else ++ display_device = d->windowPath; ++ snprintf(devtmp, sizeof(devtmp), "/dev/tty%s", display_device); ++ display_device = devtmp; ++ } ++ ++ connector = ck_connector_new(); ++ if (!connector) { ++ LogOutOfMem("ck_connector"); ++ return 0; ++ } ++ ++ dbus_error_init(&error); ++ ret = ck_connector_open_session_with_parameters( ++ connector, &error, ++ "unix-user", &verify->uid, ++ "x11-display", &display_name, ++ "x11-display-device", &display_device, ++ "remote-host-name", &remote_host_name, ++ "is-local", &is_local, ++ NULL); ++ if (!ret) { ++ if (dbus_error_is_set(&error)) { ++ LogError("Dbus error: %s\n", error.message); ++ dbus_error_free(&error); ++ } else { ++ LogError("ConsoleKit error\n"); ++ } ++ LogError("console-kit-daemon not running?\n"); ++ ck_connector_unref(connector); ++ connector = NULL; ++ return 0; ++ } ++ ++ verify->userEnviron = setEnv(verify->userEnviron, ++ "XDG_SESSION_COOKIE", ck_connector_get_cookie(connector)); ++ return 1; ++} ++ ++static void closeCKSession(void) ++{ ++ DBusError error; ++ ++ if (!connector) ++ return; ++ ++ dbus_error_init(&error); ++ if (!ck_connector_close_session(connector, &error)) { ++ if (dbus_error_is_set(&error)) { ++ LogError("Dbus error: %s\n", error.message); ++ dbus_error_free(&error); ++ } else { ++ LogError("ConsoleKit close error\n"); ++ } ++ LogError("console-kit-daemon not running?\n"); ++ } ++ ck_connector_unref(connector); ++ connector = NULL; ++} ++#else ++#define openCKSession(v,d) 1 ++#define closeCKSession() ++#endif ++ + void + SessionExit (struct display *d, int status, int removeAuth) + { +@@ -518,6 +614,8 @@ + } + #endif + ++ closeCKSession(); ++ + /* make sure the server gets reset after the session is over */ + if (d->serverPid >= 2 && d->resetSignal) + kill (d->serverPid, d->resetSignal); +@@ -600,6 +698,10 @@ + #ifdef USE_PAM + if (pamh) pam_open_session(pamh, 0); + #endif ++ ++ if (!openCKSession(verify, d)) ++ return 0; ++ + switch (pid = fork ()) { + case 0: + CleanUpChild (); +--- a/man/xdm.man ++++ b/man/xdm.man +@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ + ] [ + .B \-session + .I session_program ++] [ ++.B \-noconsolekit + ] + .SH DESCRIPTION + .I Xdm +@@ -215,6 +217,10 @@ + .IP "\fB\-xrm\fP \fIresource_specification\fP" + Allows an arbitrary resource to be specified, as in most + X Toolkit applications. ++.IP "\fB\-noconsolekit\fP" ++Specifies ``false'' as the value for the \fBDisplayManager.consoleKit\fP ++resource. ++This suppresses the session management using ConsoleKit. + .SH RESOURCES + At many stages the actions of + .I xdm diff -bBurN a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series --- a/debian/patches/series 2011-10-23 08:30:39.000000000 -0400 +++ b/debian/patches/series 2011-10-23 08:29:07.996534434 -0400 @@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ debian.diff doc_mention_xdm.options.diff +consolekit.diff diff -bBurN a/debian/rules b/debian/rules --- a/debian/rules 2011-10-23 08:30:39.000000000 -0400 +++ b/debian/rules 2011-10-23 08:29:37.452166184 -0400 @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ --with-bw-pixmap=debianbw.xpm \ --disable-xdm-auth \ --with-xft \ + --with-consolekit \ --disable-silent-rules \ $(NULL)
