On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 10:27:43AM -0000, Martin Pitt wrote: > Iain Lane [2016-10-01 19:26 -0000]: > > Hmm. Maybe this is saying that we should bind ubuntu-session.target to > > something else - like unity7? You can't log in again with an active > > unity7, so in theory (if stop is propagated down to graphical-session > > and graphical-session-pre) there wouldn't be a need to stop/restart in > > the script since everything would be stopped by definition if you're > > trying to start unity7 again. > > I like that idea in principle -- picking a session leader which > automatically dies when X goes away would be a lot simpler indeed (and > gnome-session does not do that). I picked gnome-session as the session > leader because it traditionally has had that role, and it still has > the API for logging out. > > Another point is that we want to make unity/compiz robust against > crashes and provide auto-restart -- if it becomes the session leader, > then the whole session will go down on any crash. So picking > unity7.service in particular is a bad choice.
It would be good if it were possible to say that the BindsTo shouldn't trigger the target to stop until after systemd gives up restarting the unit. -- Iain Lane [ i...@orangesquash.org.uk ] Debian Developer [ la...@debian.org ] Ubuntu Developer [ la...@ubuntu.com ] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1618886 Title: unity-gtk-module.service is racy; session services don't stop if session terminates Status in gnome-session package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in unity-gtk-module package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in upstart package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Sometimes on session start unity-gtk-module.service runs too late or something, and $GTK_MODULES does not include "unity". It is in "systemctl --user show-environment" but not in a terminal bash. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1618886/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
