Bug#807001: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#807001: lightdm fails to register user-sessions

2016-01-17 Thread Daniel Reichelt
Note to self and other affected users: this is a *nasty*, yet feasible workaround until this is fixed: 8< /etc/inittab --- rldm:a:once:/etc/init.d/lightdm restart 8< Run `init q` to have it re-examine the inittab and from now on

Bug#807001: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#807001: lightdm fails to register user-sessions

2015-12-07 Thread Daniel Reichelt
On 12/07/2015 01:30 PM, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > On sam., 2015-12-05 at 17:59 +0100, Daniel Reichelt wrote: >> Up until now I thought, lightdm failed to correctly register a >> user-session, when really it failed to register one at all... > > It might very well be because it reuses the ssh sessi

Bug#807001: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#807001: Bug#807001: Bug#807001: lightdm fails to register user-sessions

2015-12-07 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On sam., 2015-12-05 at 17:59 +0100, Daniel Reichelt wrote: > Up until now I thought, lightdm failed to correctly register a > user-session, when really it failed to register one at all... It might very well be because it reuses the ssh session or something. I think it'd help to remove this from th

Bug#807001: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#807001: Bug#807001: lightdm fails to register user-sessions

2015-12-05 Thread Daniel Reichelt
> Yes it's a wrapper, but it's a needed one, it'll especially filter stuff in > the environment. It would help to show the logind session before and after > restart. I seem to remember that when you restart like that, the lightdm > process will inherit the console session or something like that, an

Bug#807001: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#807001: Bug#807001: lightdm fails to register user-sessions

2015-12-05 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On ven., 2015-12-04 at 19:21 +0100, Daniel Reichelt wrote: > Same faulty behaviour, since `service lightdm restart` only acts as a > wrapper for `/etc/init.d/lightdm restart`, see attached console.log. Yes it's a wrapper, but it's a needed one, it'll especially filter stuff in the environment. It

Bug#807001: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#807001: lightdm fails to register user-sessions

2015-12-04 Thread Daniel Reichelt
> Can you try to restart lightdm using: service lightdm restart and report back? Same faulty behaviour, since `service lightdm restart` only acts as a wrapper for `/etc/init.d/lightdm restart`, see attached console.log. Daniel # service lightdm stop; sleep 10; bash -x service lightdm start Stop

Bug#807001: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#807001: lightdm fails to register user-sessions

2015-12-04 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On ven., 2015-12-04 at 00:00 +0100, Daniel Reichelt wrote: > After booting, lightdm works fine. After doing a `/etc/init.d/lightdm > restart`, > whenever I log on with the username user, policykit fails miserably, leaving > e.g. USB-(un-)mounting or NetworkManager completely useless. E.g. on tryin

Bug#807001: lightdm fails to register user-sessions

2015-12-03 Thread Daniel Reichelt
Package: lightdm Version: 1.10.3-3 Severity: important Hi, this system is Jessie with lightdm, sysvinit-core and systemd-shim installed, running sysvinit-core's /sbin/init. After booting, lightdm works fine. After doing a `/etc/init.d/lightdm restart`, whenever I log on with the username user,