[ConsoleKit] Ubuntu bug #544139

[Ray Strode]

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Damien Douxchamps
<damien_douxchamps at cyberdyne.jp> wrote:
> Just joined the list to draw your attention on a sneaky bug that is now
> being discussed on launchpad.net:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/consolekit/+bug/544139
>
> I have to admit that I don't quite understand all that's being discussed
> there but apparently their recommendation is to put a fix in consolekit.
>
> Could someone knowledgeable please look at the launchpad bug report? I'm
> more than willing to test any solution you might have in store for this
> one...

One thing that confuses me about this bug report is that GDM shouldn't
be activating ConsoleKit unitl after the X server is up.  ConsoleKit
is normally activated as part of setting up the session for the
greeter, which happens when the X server says "I'm ready".

Do you know what's going on there?  Of course, if the kernel is
returning EINVAL as part of "normal" operation, we should make we can
gracefully recover from it (or maybe switch to the the newer
VT_WAITEVENT api?).

--Ray