Re: [gdm-list] GDM 2.24 design defect for supporting multiple sessions

[Jason Kim <jason userful com>]

On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 18:18 -0500, Brian Cameron wrote:
> Jason:
> 
> > I'm currently testing GDM-2.24 as the XDMCP server and found one design
> > defect for supporting multiple sessions concurrently.
> > 
> > I noticed that each "gdm-simple-slave" starts a gnome-session for the
> > greeter as "gdm" user.  I understand the benefit of using gnome-session
> > for the greeter, but it will cause problems if there are multiple
> > "gdm-simple-slave"s running.  
> 
> What specific problems are you finding?

I have two "Display"s connected to the same XDMCP server. When I started
"Universal Access Preferences" and launched programs like "on board
screen keyboard" or "screen magnifier", they were also started on the
other greeter display too.   Changing the language setting in one
greeter screen also affected the other greeter screen too.  

> 
> > As every greeter sessions is started as the same user ("gdm"), any
> > changes in one session will affect to the others. 
> 
> I do not believe that the user has any ability to change any session
> configuration while the GDM login screen is running.  Are there any
> specific configuration options that you are finding are causing problems
> when using GDM in a multi-user environment?

There is language chooser in the panel of greeter screen. When I changed
it to other language, it affected other Display.


> 
> > Does anyone have more insight on this?  Has design been changed in
> > 2.26 ?   
> 
> GDM has used gnome-session, gnome-settings-daemon, and metacity while
> the login screen is running since GNOME 2.21.  GDM 2.21 was a complete
> rewrite, and uses a completely new codebase.
> 
> In GDM 2.20 and earlier, GDM used its own simple window manager and did
> not use a real session manager or settings daemon.

Thank you for this explanation.

> 
> Brian
> 
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