[Slackbuilds-users] GDM vs. ConsoleKit in -current

[Willy Sudiarto Raharjo]

> Just installed a stock Slackware64 -current on a box, full installation
> without KDE.
> 
> Then I built libgnomecanvas and gdm from SlackBuilds.org. Switched to
> init4 to fire up GDM, logged in to Xfce, and here's what I get:
> 
> $ ck-list-sessions
> Session1:
> 	unix-user = '0'
> 	realname = '(null)'
> 	seat = 'Seat1'
> 	session-type = ''
> 	active = TRUE
> 	x11-display = ':0'
> 	x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
> 	display-device = ''
> 	remote-host-name = ''
> 	is-local = TRUE
> 	on-since = '2015-12-09T10:48:45.985157Z'
> 	login-session-id = '4294967295'
> 
> When I remove GDM and use XDM instead, I'm getting this, as expected:
> 
> $ ck-list-sessions
> Session2:
> 	unix-user = '1000'
> 	realname = 'Niki Kovacs'
> 	seat = 'Seat1'
> 	session-type = ''
> 	active = TRUE
> 	x11-display = ':0'
> 	x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
> 	display-device = ''
> 	remote-host-name = ''
> 	is-local = TRUE
> 	on-since = '2015-12-09T10:54:56.858488Z'
> 	login-session-id = '4294967295'
> 
> 
> I've googled around a bit, but to no avail. If anyone has a remote idea
> of how to make GDM behave under Slackware -current, I'd be grateful.

well, gdm in SBo itself is quite old (5 years ago)
the latest 2.2x version was 2.32 released in 2011 (4 years ago) and the
latest one now is 3.18 which was released in November

with all the big changes in -current, you probably need to try to test
the new gdm 3.x


-- 
Willy Sudiarto Raharjo

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