Package: gdm Version: 2.20.7-4 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line ***
This is a dual seat system. Part of the gdm.conf is shown below. In the past (Sarge) I've used /etc/init.d/gdm restart to do a clean restart to test changes to gdm.conf or xorg.conf. Now, if I do that, the instance of gdm that is running on the "second set" is not restarted. Example: The system has two seats. The first seat has the flexible server running and typically three users are logged in. The second seat does not have the flexible server and only one user can log in. Here is a ps command given before the restart: j...@lucy:~$ ps -F -A |grep gdm root 3231 1 0 3299 1540 0 Jan01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/gdm root 3235 3231 0 3394 3040 0 Jan01 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/gdm root 3240 3235 0 6255 17556 0 Jan01 ? 00:01:37 /usr/X11R6/bin/X2 :0 -audit 0 -novtswitch -sharevts -layout Seat2 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 root 3383 3231 0 3394 3076 0 Jan01 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/gdm root 3397 3383 0 7184 21340 0 Jan01 tty7 00:08:38 /usr/X11R6/bin/X1 :1 -audit 0 -layout Seat1 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:1.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 root 3678 3231 0 3392 2704 0 Jan01 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/gdm root 3681 3678 0 5970 15528 0 Jan01 tty8 00:07:06 /usr/X11R6/bin/X :20 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:20.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt8 root 3958 3231 0 3392 2688 0 Jan01 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/gdm root 3961 3958 0 13106 41240 0 Jan01 tty9 00:22:52 /usr/X11R6/bin/X :21 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:21.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt9 jack 19029 19023 0 515 648 0 16:20 pts/0 00:00:00 grep gdm j...@lucy:~$ Then from an ssh connection, su to root and type /etc/init.d/gdm restart. This is the result a few seconds later: j...@lucy:~$ ps -A -F |grep gdm root 3235 1 0 3394 3040 0 Jan01 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/gdm root 3240 3235 0 6255 17568 0 Jan01 ? 00:01:40 /usr/X11R6/bin/X2 :0 -audit 0 -novtswitch -sharevts -layout Seat2 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 root 3383 1 0 3394 3076 0 Jan01 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/gdm root 3397 3383 0 7184 21340 0 Jan01 tty7 00:08:39 /usr/X11R6/bin/X1 :1 -audit 0 -layout Seat1 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:1.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 root 19103 1 0 3272 1420 0 16:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/gdm root 19104 19103 0 3272 1796 0 16:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/gdm root 19122 19104 0 411 392 0 16:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/gdm/gdmopen -l /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/whiptail --yesno 'There already appears to be an X server running on display :0. Should another display number by tried? Answering no will cause GDM to attempt to start the server on :0 again. (You can change consoles by pressing Ctrl-Alt plus a function key, such as Ctrl-Alt-F7 to go to console 7. X servers usually run on consoles 7 and higher.)' 16 70 jack 19139 19132 0 515 644 0 16:28 pts/1 00:00:00 grep gdm j...@lucy:~$ Processes 3235 and 3240 which are gdm and X on the second seat, are still running, and in fact the screen that is showing them is not affected by the restart. I have found that it is impossible to do a clean restart since if any of of the processes is killed, gdm automatically restarts it - so you can never start over in the state where no X servers are running. This ia real problem since the only way to fully test the configuration files is to reboot (gross!) Here's a piece of gdm.conf showing how the system is set up: [servers] # VT7 Layout Seat2 0=First # VT7 Layout Seat1 1=Second # Also note, that if you redefine a [server-foo] section, then GDM will # use the definition in this file, not the GDM System Defaults configuration # file. It is currently not possible to disable a [server-foo] section # defined in the GDM System Defaults configuration file. # #[server-Standard] #name=Standard server #command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0 #chooser=false #handled=true #flexible=true #priority=0 [server-First] name=Server 1 command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X2 -audit 0 -novtswitch -sharevts -layout Seat2 flexible=false [server-Second] name=Server 2 command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X1 -audit 0 -layout Seat1 flexible=true -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_CA, LC_CTYPE=en_CA (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages gdm depends on: ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii gksu 2.0.0-6 graphical frontend to su ii gnome-session [x-sessi 2.22.3-2 The GNOME 2 Session Manager ii gnome-terminal [x-term 2.22.3-3 The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl ii konsole [x-terminal-em 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-6 X terminal emulator for KDE ii ksmserver [x-session-m 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-6 session manager for KDE ii kwin [x-window-manager 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-6 the KDE window manager ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.20-2 Library of functions for 2D graphi ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libattr1 1:2.4.43-1 Extended attribute shared library ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.6.4-7 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.1-4 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.76-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdmx1 1:1.0.2-3 X11 Distributed Multihead extensio ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-3 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.3.7-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.2-1 library to load .glade files at ru ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.6-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.20.1.1-1 A powerful object-oriented display ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.11-4 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libpam-modules 1.0.1-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam-runtime 1.0.1-4 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 1.0.1-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpango1.0-0 1.20.5-3 Layout and rendering of internatio ii librsvg2-2 2.22.2-2lenny1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG ii librsvg2-common 2.22.2-2lenny1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG ii libselinux1 2.0.65-5 SELinux shared libraries ii libwrap0 7.6.q-16 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library ii libxau6 1:1.0.3-3 X11 authorisation library ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.2-3 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxi6 2:1.1.4-1 X11 Input extension library ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxml2 2.6.32.dfsg-5 GNOME XML library ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii metacity [x-window-man 1:2.22.0-2 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma ii xterm [x-terminal-emul 235-1 X terminal emulator ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime Versions of packages gdm recommends: ii gdm-themes 0.6.1 Themes for the GNOME Display Manag ii whiptail 0.52.2-11.3 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii xnest 2:1.4.2-9 Nested X server ii xserver-xorg 1:7.3+18 the X.Org X server ii zenity 2.22.1-2 Display graphical dialog boxes fro Versions of packages gdm suggests: ii libpam-gnome-keyring 2.22.3-2 PAM module to unlock the GNOME key ii locales 2.7-16 GNU C Library: National Language ( ii pm-utils 1.1.2.4-1 utilities and scripts for power ma -- debconf information: gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm * shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm -- ================================================= This email is digitally signed using the Enigmail and GnuPG packages (http://enigmail.mozdev.org), which can also be used by the recipient to verify the digital signature. =================================================
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