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lightdm-gtk-greeter package

Silently fails to restart shutdown without message when user logged in on virtual console

Bug #1121193 reported by Frederik Himpe
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
LightDM GTK Greeter
New
Unknown
lightdm-gtk-greeter (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

When a user is logged in on a virtual console (tty1), then choosing restart or shutdown in lightdm greeter does not restart or shut down the system. I would expect a message to be shown stating that restart/shutdown is not allowed because a user is logged in on tty1.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: lightdm-gtk-greeter 1.5.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-5.10-generic 3.8.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Feb 10 15:29:21 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-09 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130209)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: lightdm-gtk-greeter
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Frederik Himpe (fhimpe) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in lightdm-gtk-greeter (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Ernst Sjöstrand (ernstp) wrote :

Try modifying this file:
--- a/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.consolekit.policy
+++ b/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.consolekit.policy
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Policy definitions for ConsoleKit
     <message>System policy prevents stopping the system when other users are logged in</message>
     <defaults>
       <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
- <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
+ <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
     </defaults>
   </action>

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Policy definitions for ConsoleKit
     <message>System policy prevents restarting the system when other users are logged in</message>
     <defaults>
       <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
- <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
+ <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
     </defaults>
   </action>

Sean Davis (bluesabre)
Changed in lightdm-gtk-greeter:
status: New → Confirmed
Sean Davis (bluesabre)
Changed in lightdm-gtk-greeter:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: Confirmed → Unknown
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in lightdm-gtk-greeter:
status: Unknown → New
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