Debian Bug report logs - #522468
slim: should register/deregister sessions by default

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#522468: slim: should register/deregister sessions by default

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From: Marco Rodrigues <[email protected]>

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Subject: Package slim has been removed from Debian

Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:41:17 +0100

Version: 1.3.0-2+rm

You filled the bug http://bugs.debian.org/522468 in Debian BTS
against the package slim. I'm closing it as fixed in *unstable*,
but it will remain open for older distributions.

For more information about this package's removal, read
http://bugs.debian.org/538921. That bug might give the reasons why
this package was removed and suggestions of possible replacements.

Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question.

Thank you for your contribution to Debian.

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From: Darren Salt <[email protected]>

To: [email protected]

Subject: slim: should register/deregister sessions by default

Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:49:38 +0100

Package: slim
Version: 1.3.0-1
Severity: minor

slim should register and deregister X sessions by default. Doing so makes
handling things such as lock-on-suspend (via ACPI scripts, for example)
easier to implement; if the session is not registered and no X terminals are
open (i.e. no ptys are open), then eeepc-acpi-scripts (for example) cannot
find the owner of the X session and promptly falls back on root, thus causing
the likes of xtrlock to require the root password.

I'm currently using these two lines in my /etc/slim.conf:

sessionstart_cmd	exec sessreg -a -l :0 %user
sessionstop_cmd		exec sessreg -d -l :0 %user

This is sufficient to prevent the problem; unless this is fixed soon, either
by fixing slim or providing a better X session detection method for
eeepc-acpi-scripts, I will make sure that this is noted in debian/NEWS for
eeepc-acpi-scripts 1.1.0.

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