Rodrigo Amorim Bahiense [2011.10.11 1149 -0300]: > On 10/11/2011 11:42 AM, Norbert Zeh wrote: > >Hi folks, > > > >wanting to go lightweight, I just switched back from kdm to xdm, but I ran into > >a little snag, which I reported as bug FS#26395 on the bug tracker. I'm no > >longer sure this is actually a bug, at least not of "who". > > > > Why not use 'slim' instead? Well, I tried slim before and didn't like it, not sure any more why. In any case, after having produced sufficient noise on this mailing list *and* the bug tracker, I've resolved my problem: the key was to "exec sessreg" as opposed to simply invoking it. This way sessreg replaces the shell as a child process of xdm and registers the correct PID in /var/run/utmp. This is in fact what the original vanilla Xstartup script does, but then things got confusing through the use of themes. In any case, all is well now. Just a related question: If I understand correctly, the configuration in the vanilla xdm-config file says that Xstartup is to be run for all logins other than on display :0, while for display :0 *only* GiveConsole is to be run on startup. Since GiveConsole does not by default start sessreg, logins on :0 are by default not logged in utmp. What's the reasoning behind this? Cheers, Norbert
