I don't think this is a duplicate of bug #930488. That bug was about adding basic logind support, and I view this bug as a request to take it further and add basic multiseat support.
For LightDM to completely support multiseat, it should follow the protocol outlined here: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/writing-display-managers/ Just performing steps 3 and 4 under "complete porting" would get us 90% of the way there. Automatically discovering and reacting to seats appearing and disappearing (steps 1 and 2) would be nice, but that's a fancy feature that can come later (see bug #1190581). ** Summary changed: - Add compatibility with systemd-logind (for better multiseat support) + Add basic systemd-logind multiseat support ** Also affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: lightdm Assignee: (unassigned) => a7x (a7x) ** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => a7x (a7x) ** Branch linked: lp:~a7x/lightdm/multiseat -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1085841 Title: Add basic systemd-logind multiseat support Status in Light Display Manager: New Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: systemd-logind is arrising to replace ConsoleKit in several Linux distributions (Fedora, Archlinux, Mageia, etc.). It fills the lack of proper multiseat support in ConsoleKit, which is being slowly deprecated. At the moment, only GDM 3.4+ is fully compatible with systemd-logind, which makes it difficult to configure multiseat for other desktop environments than GNOME, specially those suitable for non-accelerated graphics, like XFCE and LXDE. LightDM is becoming the default login manager for such lightweight DEs, and it will improve greatly the multiseat support in these systems when it's fully systemd-logind compliant. I believe that, for the moment, both ConsoleKit and systemd-logind support could coexist in LightDM code. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1085841/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
