I can't run the tests on my system unfortunately. But I can produce the stale greeter. I followed test-switch-to-greeter-return-session. With lightdm --version: lightdm 1.5.1
What I did: - First greeter shown 1. Log in with cavalier - Session started 2. Send Session.Lock DBus signal - Second greeter shown 3. Unlock session with user cavalier - Switch to unlocked session To verify greeter termination: 4. Press Crtl+Alt+F8 - Second greeter still alive - Expected an empty VT As seen in the log: ... Starting local X display Using VT 7 Activating VT 7 ... Connecting to XServer :0 Starting greeter Started session 257 with service 'lightdm-greeter', username 'lightdm' Session 257 authentication complete with return value 0: Success Greeter authorized ... Activating VT 7 Greeter start authentication for cavalier Started session 425 with service 'lightdm', username 'cavalier' Session 425 got 1 message(s) from PAM Prompt greeter with 1 message(s) Continue authentication Session 425 authentication complete with return value 0: Success Authentication result for user cavalier: Success User cavalier authorized ... Stopping greeter Session 257: Sending SIGTERM Greeter closed communication channel Session 257 exited with return value 0 Greeter quit ... Starting session xfce as user cavalier ... Locking seat Starting new display for greeter with user cavalier selected Starting local X display Using VT 8 ... Connecting to XServer :1 Logging in user cavalier Started session 544 with service 'lightdm', username 'cavalier' Session 544 authentication complete with return value 19: Conversation error Autologin failed authentication Session 544: Sending SIGTERM Started session 545 with service 'lightdm-greeter', username 'lightdm' Session 544 terminated with signal 15 Session 545 authentication complete with return value 0: Success Greeter authorized ... Activating VT 8 Locking display Locking logind session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/_31 Greter start authentication for cavalier Started session 565 with service 'lightdm', username 'cavalier' Session 565 got 1 message(s) from PAM Prompt greeter with 1 message(s) Continue authentication Session 565 authentication complete with return value 0: Success Authentication result for user cavalier: Success User cavalier authorized ... Switching to existing session for user cavalier Unlocking display Unlocking logind session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/_31 Activating VT 7 Locking display As can be seen from the log. This version of lightdm includes the systemd-logind patches on top of 1.5.1. In the test scripts there is a check for the termination of the X server and greeter. In the test I performed this doesn't seem to happen. I was unable the locate the code which should terminate the greeter and X server, hence my merge request. -- 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/1005813 Title: Lightdm doesn't terminate alternate session login Status in Light Display Manager: Incomplete Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Choosing "Switch to different user" in Ubuntu gives you another login screen, which is very nice and useful. However after using that alternate session, lightdm keeps the X server and greeter for that alternate session open and running. Gdm, on the contrary, terminates the X server for the alternate session when you log out of it. This behaviour does make a difference when you run Ubuntu on a laptop on battery. Using the alternate login just once after boot (and ending the session again) initiates a constant cpu load of 1-2% (on my laptop). Doesn't sound much. But compared to "idle" without the second X server and greeter, this is an increase of about 75%. I admit that I didn't have the time to keep the laptop running idlely und doing some real battery measurements. But with a laptop on battery, you should use any possibility to save energy. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1005813/+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
