This was fixed in LTSP 5.2. `su` was used instead of `ck-launch- session`, along with $CKCON_X11_DISPLAY and $CKCON_X11_DISPLAY_DEVICE pam environment parameters, so that now LTSP fat clients properly get an active CK session.
Closing in LTSP, the problem is still there on consolekit though. ** Changed in: ltsp (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- ck-launch-session doesn't set x11-display-device https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/535521 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Edubuntu Bugsquad, which is subscribed to ltsp in ubuntu. Status in “consolekit” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “ltsp” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: consolekit consolekit version: 0.4.1-3ubuntu1 (Lucid alpha3) In /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90consolekit there's a call to ck-launch-session which registers a session if one hasn't been registered yet. This is true for example in LTSP, which uses LDM instead of GDM. The problem is that ck-launch-session doesn't set x11-display-device, so ck-list-sessions for that session contains: active = FALSE x11-display = ':0' x11-display-device = '' display-device = '/dev/pts/0' If I replace that ck-launch-session call with a python script of my own, which calls OpenSessionWithParameters with params.append (("x11-display-device", dbus.String ('/dev/tty7', variant_level=1))) instead, then the session correctly contains: active = TRUE x11-display = ':0' x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7' display-device = '' Maybe the problem is that ck-launch-session doesn't have the necessary permissions to call `fgconsole` to check the active tty, and so it should find some non privileged way to do it? Of course, the end result is that PolicyKit doesn't work as expected, since the session is considered not active, so we can't mount drives etc. -- edubuntu-devel mailing list edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel