Bug 305632

Summary:	Cannot log in multiple times
Product:	lightdm	Reporter:	Kai Uwe Broulik <kde>
Component:	greeter	Assignee:	David Edmundson <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	rdieter
Priority:	NOR
Version:	master
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Kai Uwe Broulik 2012-08-22 20:49:14 UTC

I cannot login multiple times using LightDM.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log in with your account and KDE Plasma Workspaces session
2. Use "Switch User" from Kickoff and say "Create New Session"
3. Log in with your account and choose e.g. Project Neon
Actual Results:  
Screen turns black and you're greeted by the KDE lock screen of your current session

Expected Results:  
You log in into the other session

Comment 1 David Edmundson 2012-12-10 19:18:08 UTC

Then I'd get this bug: 
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103046

This bug has over 46 votes, clearly a lot of people think this, and there's a lot of good arguments as to why this behaviour is better.

Marking as unconfirmed.

Comment 2 David Edmundson 2012-12-13 02:10:02 UTC

Following through LightDM sources, the relevant code is at 
lightdm/src/display.c

function greeter_start_session_cb
line 374:
    /* Stop this display if that session already exists and can switch to it */
(actual switch happens at line 385)

So it's all working as intended.
If persuaded I can try and patch upstream to add this as an option in the config file.

Comment 3 David Edmundson 2013-01-14 00:55:43 UTC

Now tracked at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1094743