Re: [DNG] elogind and libelogind0 (WAS: Re: We need upgrade reports

[Steve Litt]

On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 13:53:09 +
Mark Hindley  wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 08:39:45AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > Just wondering -- did it refuse to boot or be otherwise seriously 
> > unusable until you had installed elogind and libelogind0?  Were
> > your text-only consoles affected? Or did it just interfere with
> > desktops?
> > 
> > And just curious -- never heard of these before systemd.  What do
> > they do?  
> 
> From https://github.com/elogind/elogind/:
> 
>  'The systemd project's "logind", extracted to a standalone package'

Extracted to a standalone package is a small step in the right
direction.

> 
> It keeps a record of logins, seats and sessions and maps pids to
> those so that desktoppy things like being able to reboot from the
> desktop work without having to become root.

IIRC, I've been able to reboot from the Window manager for about 20
years now. Systemd!
 
SteveT

Steve Litt 
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Re: [DNG] elogind and libelogind0 (WAS: Re: We need upgrade reports

[Mark Hindley]

On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 08:39:45AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> Just wondering -- did it refuse to boot or be otherwise seriously 
> unusable until you had installed elogind and libelogind0?  Were your 
> text-only consoles affected? Or did it just interfere with desktops?
> 
> And just curious -- never heard of these before systemd.  What do they 
> do?

From https://github.com/elogind/elogind/:

 'The systemd project's "logind", extracted to a standalone package'

It keeps a record of logins, seats and sessions and maps pids to those so that
desktoppy things like being able to reboot from the desktop work without having
to become root.

Mark
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