Re: [gdm-list] Why is PostSession skipped at shutdown or restart?

[Jouko Orava <jouko orava iki fi>]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2010, Brian Cameron wrote:

> Jouko:
>
> > On Ubuntu 10.4 (using GDM 2.30.0) GDM only runs PostSession
> > script at logout; never at shutdown or restart.
>
> The PostSession script is designed to run at the end of the user
> session.  It should be run if shutdown/restart is triggered from
> inside the user's session since the user session should be
> exited before the shutdown/restart.

Thanks, this is exactly how I expected it to work.

> However, the script is not intended to be run if shutdown/restart
> is triggered from the GDM login dialog itself.

Of course; there is no session at all at that point.

To clarify: I found that the PostSession script is not run,
if I close my session by shutting down or restarting the computer.
It is only run if I end the session by logging out.

> If the PostSession script is not called when the system is shutdown
> or restart from the user session, then this sounds like a bug, and
> a bugzilla entry would be helpful.

Thank you. Filed as bug 621581,
	https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=621581

There seem to be a number of reports on Ubuntuforums.org by people
who have noticed their PostSession scripts are no longer being run,
but they seem to believe it is a timing issue. I disagree; touch
is fast enough it should happen at least now and then.

Based on this message,
	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1330341
PostSession scripts stopped working (when closing a session via restart
or shutdown), when the user upgraded from GDM 2.20.

Jouko