Re: [gdm-list] Multi-seat with multiple X-servers

[Paul van der Vlis <paul vandervlis nl>]

Brian Cameron schreef:
> 
> Paul:
> 
>> Then it can become a real problem in the future for me...
>>
>> At this moment my distribution Debian is shipping GDM version 2.20.9 for
>> the next release, but when they would switch to a newer version my setup
>> does not work anymore (till hopefully version 2.30.x).
> 
> Yes, the lack of MultiSeat support is probably one of the main reasons
> that many distributions have been slow to adopt the new GDM rewrite.  It
> is an important feature for an important segment of GDM users.
> 
> We are working hard to get MultiSeat support into ConsoleKit and GDM.
> If your distro updates to a version of GDM that doesn't work, then you
> will either need to uninstall the new version of GDM and replace it with
> the older one, or rebuild the new GDM with the patches.
> 
> We could use more testing of the new GDM with MultiSeat support, so if
> you could try out the new patches with the new GDM, and let us know
> how it works or what issues you encounter, then that would help to
> ensure it gets upstream quickly.

I will see what I can do, but it is not easy.

The new Ubuntu will ship both 2.20 and (I expect) 2.28, maybe this makes
it more easy to test.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/gdm
http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/gdm-2.20

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.




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