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and subject line Re: kmscon: User login sessions are broken with libseat setup
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: kmscon
Version: 10.0.0-1~exp1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer, new kmscon startup configuration with User=root breaks
user login sessions.
Upstream issue: https://github.com/kmscon/kmscon/issues/403
Workaround to restore proper user sessions:
sudo systemctl edit [email protected] --stdin <<- EOF
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=kmscon --vt=%I --no-switchvt --no-libseat
User=
PAMName=
EOF
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 7.0.12+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/14 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages kmscon depends on:
ii init-system-helpers 1.69
ii libc6 2.42-16
ii libdrm2 2.4.134-1
ii libegl1 1.7.0-3+b1
ii libfontconfig1 2.17.1-5
ii libfreetype6 2.14.3+dfsg-1
ii libgbm1 26.0.8-1
ii libgles2 1.7.0-3+b1
ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.88.1-2
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.57.1-2
ii libpangoft2-1.0-0 1.57.1-2
ii libseat1 0.9.3-1
ii libtsm4 4.5.0-0.2
ii libudev1 261~rc3-1
ii libxkbcommon0 1.13.1-1
ii login 1:4.16.0-2+really2.42.1-3
ii ncurses-term 6.6+20260608-1
ii zlib1g 1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.2-3
kmscon recommends no packages.
kmscon suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 10.0.0.1-1
On Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:42:20 +0300 Vladimir K <[email protected]> wrote:
> Package: kmscon
> Version: 10.0.0-1~exp1
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer, new kmscon startup configuration with User=root breaks
> user login sessions.
>
> Upstream issue: https://github.com/kmscon/kmscon/issues/403
>
> Workaround to restore proper user sessions:
>
> sudo systemctl edit [email protected] --stdin <<- EOF
> [Service]
> ExecStart=
> ExecStart=kmscon --vt=%I --no-switchvt --no-libseat
> User=
> PAMName=
> EOF
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: forky/sid
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 7.0.12+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/14 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
> Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
> Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not
set
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> LSM: AppArmor: enabled
>
> Versions of packages kmscon depends on:
> ii init-system-helpers 1.69
> ii libc6 2.42-16
> ii libdrm2 2.4.134-1
> ii libegl1 1.7.0-3+b1
> ii libfontconfig1 2.17.1-5
> ii libfreetype6 2.14.3+dfsg-1
> ii libgbm1 26.0.8-1
> ii libgles2 1.7.0-3+b1
> ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.88.1-2
> ii libpango-1.0-0 1.57.1-2
> ii libpangoft2-1.0-0 1.57.1-2
> ii libseat1 0.9.3-1
> ii libtsm4 4.5.0-0.2
> ii libudev1 261~rc3-1
> ii libxkbcommon0 1.13.1-1
> ii login 1:4.16.0-2+really2.42.1-3
> ii ncurses-term 6.6+20260608-1
> ii zlib1g 1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.2-3
The latest kmscon v10.0.0.1 has disabled the libseat support again.
This bug should be fixed now.
Best,
Boyuan Yang
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