[LightDM] systemd cooperation

[Robert Ancell]

Thanks Martin,

Sorry for the large delay, I haven't had an in-depth look at this. Does
revision 1569 [1] also fix the issue?

-Robert

[1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lightdm-team/lightdm/trunk/revision/1569


On 12 December 2012 01:54, Martin Briza <mbriza at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hello Robert,
>
> I'm sending a quick fix to this issue. It's kinda dirty as it compares tty
> strings but it works quite reliably (definitely more than the code before)
> as the tty string is generated in the same way.
> If you manage to write a cleaner one, please let me know.
>
> Thank you,
> Martin Bříza
>
>
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:36:52 +0100, Robert Ancell <robert.ancell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Confirmed. Thanks Martin!
>>
>> The cause seems quite clear now, LightDM is not detecting the VT switches
>> so when the session exits LightDM thinks it is a background session and
>> doesn't start a greeter (it thinks you are looking at the other session).
>> The reason I haven't seen this is we are using the switch D-Bus calls in
>> LightDM for VT switching in Unity and so LightDM knows which session is
>> active. Using ConsoleKit or logind or doing the VT switches manually will
>> trigger the problem.
>>
>> I think this may be the cause of:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/**lightdm/+bug/851612<https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/851612>
>
>
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