Improvement: Simply add 2 lines to /etc/gdm/PostSession/Default and do _not_ store a backup of Default in the PostSession directory.
$ ls /etc/gdm/PostSession/ Default $ tail /etc/gdm/PostSession/Default done IFS=$OLD_IFS echo "$OUTPUT" } # the following 2 lines were added by toobuntu on 080828: kill -9 $( ps U "${USER}" | grep -v TTY | mawk '{print $1}' ) 2> /tmp/kill-stragglers-gdm.errors /etc/init.d/gdm restart exit 0 ----- FYI- From http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/docs/2.14/configuration.html : When the user terminates his session, the PostSession script will be run. Again operation is similar to Init, PostLogin and PreSession. Again the script will be run with root privileges, the slave daemon will block and the $USER environment variable will contain the name of the user who just logged out and $DISPLAY will be set to the display the user used, however note that the X server for this display may already be dead and so you shouldn't try to access it. Also $X_SERVERS environmental variable is set and this points to a fake generated X servers file for use with the sessreg accounting application. Note that the PostSession script will be run even when the display fails to respond due to an I/O error or similar. Thus, there is no guarantee that X applications will work during script execution. -- Processes remain after log off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236210 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs