Re: [gdm-list] double login

[duportail <guy duportail be>]

On Monday 19 October 2009 22:22:20 you wrote:
> Guy:
>
> Glad to hear that you found some solution.  When
> AlwaysLoginCurrentSession is true, this causes GDM to reconnect to any
> running VT session.  So if you have a session running on VT7 and you try
> to log into the same user on VT9, it will just switch you back to VT7.
> The "double login" warning is a VT-specific feature, so it is expected
> that you wouldn't see the warning when users try to login twice in
> non-VT environments (such as multiseat or terminal server environments).
>
> Note that VT switching is only useful on the console display and is,
> therefore, generally not supported in multiseat environments.  If the
> version of GDM you are using is not smart enough to realize that
> non-console displays do not support VT, then it makes sense to disable
> VT.  Setting VTallocation to false basically turns off VT support
> entirely in GDM.
>
> You are using GDM 2.18?  If you want to continue using the "old GDM",
> then you might considering updating to the latest 2.20.10 version.  A
> lot of bugs have been fixed in 2.20.10, so you might find it works
> better.
>
> Brian
>
> > Have found some soulution:
> > in gdm.conf set vtallocation=false and alwayslogincurrentsession=true(do
> > not think this is needed)
> > After that, it's impossible to login the same user:
> > if you try to login the same user ,after filling in username and
> > password,you get to see the username box again.So that is ok.(But there
> > is no double login warning,  when this is set to true in gdm.conf)
> > But  I can only make these eco-friendly multiseat computers(up to twelve
> > users on one box) with gdm 2.18.And it is very hard to downgrade gdm in
> > the new 9.10.
> >
> > guy
> > guy
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Ok thanks,but I am not able to use gdm 2.20.And I do not know what's the 
problem.
here is the gdm debug in syslog:
http://www.multiseatcomputer.be/syslog
It's a ubuntu 9.04 machine with two screens as multiseat
guy