The reason that issue seems to be "stucked" is the lack of clear documentation about wtmp, why it's useful, how it's managed and if lightdm is the "right" place that handling should be done (compared to i.e pam or some other place).
Does anyone have some "specs" or clear documentation on the topic which would document what needs to be done and why and help to understand if lightdm is the "right place"? The gdm copied code before suggest lightdm should call pututxline() on login, is there really the right thing to do or is that "legacy code"? Lightdm tries to avoid doing stuff "just because that's how it has been copied around since unix" and rather get issues fixed at the right place Robert, is that an accurate summary of the situation? -- 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/870297 Title: Lightdm logins not being logged in wtmp Status in Light Display Manager: Confirmed Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “lightdm” source package in Oneiric: Confirmed Status in “lightdm” source package in Precise: Confirmed Bug description: When logged into a graphical session, I get no acknowledgement from who, w or last that I am logged in: $ who $ w 16:48:14 up 1 day, 1:08, 0 users, load average: 0.68, 0.83, 0.84 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT last only reports tty logins, not graphical logins. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: lightdm 1.0.1-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic-pae 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Oct 7 16:47:23 2011 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.3) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/870297/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
