Here's a copy and paste of what I posted on ubuntuforums.org: Users logged in via GUI not listed by 'who', 'w', or 'last'. It looks like some update on September 30 or October 1 inhibits correct tracking of GUI logins. At a guess, I think lightDM is not updating /var/log/wtmp. I'm not sure, though, and I'd appreciate suggestions on how to narrow it down so I can make a proper bug report.
I often log in to my desktop via ssh, then execute 'w' or 'who' to see if anyone is logged in, before I do any work on my system. I executed 'w', found that there was only one user logged in, which was me, then I started x11vnc and connected to my desktop, only to see that my stepson was logged in and playing Minecraft. I tried 'who', and it indicated only my login; 'last' didn't show my son's login today. 'last' did show his login via GUI from yesterday, before I applied a batch of updates, so that's why I think this was just broken: Code: kidongui tty7 :0 Thu Sep 1 16:50 - 21:37 (04:46) I did see that his processes were correctly listed by 'ps' and 'top'. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/870297 Title: Lightdm logins not being logged in wmtp To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/870297/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
