IIRC, in older versions gdm uses gflexserver or whatever similar command to create a new login. So exec that command can do what we want without touching gdm socket. However, is this still working in new gdm? I don't think so. Can anyone confirm this? The new gdm is a little bit weird...
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Marty Jack <[email protected]> wrote: > I removed the old code that tried to connect to the GDM socket, which as I > understand it was removed from GDM in 2.20. I left the KDM path as it was. > We were under the impression that the GDM path was no longer functional and > was useless. > > That would need to be re-addressed via some mechanism that duplicates what > the fast user switch applet does and some other mechanism that duplicates how > GNOME does it, that I wasn't able to quickly figure out how, to get GDM to > log in a new user. Maybe dgod is familiar with this area and knows how. > > I ran this by PCMan before I did the work and as I understand it he agreed > with my conclusions. > > On 03/26/2010 01:33 PM, Andrew Lee wrote: >> Hi Marty, >> >> Marty Jack wrote: >>> This fixes the regression on position of the Logout button (sorry >> about that!), picks up PCMan's improvement to the widget structure, some >> missing includes, and the ability to have environment variables in the >> autostart file. >> >> Thanks for the quickly correction and made a new release. >> >> I just noticed "login as new user" feature are missing on the >> lxsession-logout menu too. >> >> Did you forget to add it while your re-written work or it's been removed >> for some reason? >> >> Best regards, >> >> -Andrew >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Lxde-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
