Bug 302661 - Missing functionality to switch session
Summary: Missing functionality to switch session
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: lightdm
Classification: Plasma
Component: greeter (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 0.1.0
Platform: Gentoo Packages Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Edmundson
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Reported: 2012-06-27 21:34 UTC by Elias Probst
Modified: 2020-10-10 21:20 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Elias Probst 2012-06-27 21:34:33 UTC
Right now, it is not possible to use multiple X/KDE sessions at once using LightDM-KDE (besides switching manually using chvt or Alt+F7 etc.).

Using 0.1.1 (not selectable as 'Version').
Comment 1 David Edmundson 2012-08-17 13:49:18 UTC
Could you explain how you normally switch sessions in more detail please?
Comment 2 Elias Probst 2012-08-17 18:08:51 UTC
Sorry, my initial report was a little unclear.
What is missing is the following functionality, which is provided by KDM, but not by LightDM-KDE:

1. When terminating (using "Logout" in KDE) a 2nd X session, LightDM-KDE remains at the 2nd X session and waiting for logging in again, while KDM properly terminates the 2nd X session and returns to the 1st running X session again

2. KDM provides an option in the login dialog, to switch to another running X session, LightDM-KDE doesn't
Comment 3 David Edmundson 2012-08-18 09:46:33 UTC
Thanks.
Part 1 needs to be handled by upstream, and it's not necessarily wrong right now, if you want it changed go to https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm

From now on this bug will only be referring to part 2, which I completely agree with.
Comment 4 Elias Probst 2012-08-18 10:14:14 UTC
As long as #2 is implemented, I'm fine with not having #1 :-)
Comment 5 Martin Bříza 2012-10-01 10:40:52 UTC
This bug is also reported in the Red Hat Bugzilla for Fedora Rawhide on https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859347 .

There is a duplicate of this report: Bug 305632
Comment 6 Martin Bříza 2012-10-03 10:07:23 UTC
I withdraw my comment #5 - the symptoms of the bugs are different and the bug is not a duplicate.
Comment 7 eric.erfanian 2012-10-15 03:14:46 UTC
Here is the upstream bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/851612
Comment 8 Nate Graham 2020-10-10 21:20:51 UTC
We no longer use lightDM, having moved to SDDM several years ago. As such, this bug report is no longer applicable. Bugs reports for the new SDDM-based login screen should be filed to one of two places:

1. Visual/UI bugs with the login screen UI itself, or feature requests: plasmashell | Theme - Breeze
2. Bugs with the login/user switching process: https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues