@Felix: thanks for picking this one up. The fact that Xsession doesn't run as root is fine. With gdm, we have:
File /etc/gdm/Init/Default emitting the login-session-start event (as root) File /etc/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/715093 Title: kdm does not emit well-known upstart events -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs