[Bug 1747198] Re: who or w command produces no tty information about terminal

2018-02-04 Thread Terrance
** Description changed: ~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Release: 16.04 ~$ apt-cache policy gnome-terminal gnome-terminal: - Installed: 3.18.3-1ubuntu1 - Candidate: 3.18.3-1ubuntu1 - Version table: - *** 3.18.3-1ubuntu1 500 - 500 http://us.archiv

[Bug 1747198] Re: who or w command produces no tty information about terminal

2018-02-04 Thread Egmont Koblinger
VTE no longer does utmp logging. This was an upstream change made almost three years ago at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747046, and is clearly not going to get reverted by upstream. Actually, most other VTE-based emulators (e.g. xfce4-terminal) are also affected in newer Ubuntu rele

[Bug 1747198] Re: who or w command produces no tty information about terminal

2018-02-03 Thread Terrance
One way around this is to run `ssh localhost` in the terminal window then it works. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1747198 Title: who or w command produces no tty information about te