[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#760652: xfce4-session: startx + logind + README.Debian

[Brian Potkin]

package: xfce4-session
Version: 4.10.1-8
Severity: wishlist



README.Debian has a nice section entitled "Running Xfce from the console",
which was written for Wheezy as a result of #658284:

  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=658284

This advice does not to be appear applicable under Jessie's default init system.
However, the changelog for xinit_1.3.3-1 has

  * 10-startx-Under-Linux-start-X-on-the-current-VT.patch,
    11-startx-Pass-vtX-as-long-as-the-user-did-not-specify-.patch: By default
    start the server on the current VT, this is necessary to avoid logind to
    see the startx session as inactive (Closes: #743015)

Basically, startx just works and nothing should have to be done for the
session to be active.

I'd suggest replacing the present text with a short note on this behaviour
with logind. Or maybe nothing is needed at all?

Regards,

Brian.




-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.14-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xfce4-session depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0            2.12.0-1
ii  libc6                  2.19-10
ii  libcairo2              1.12.16-4
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.8.6-2
ii  libcairo2              1.12.16-4
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.8.6-2
ii  libcairo2              1.12.16-4
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.8.6-2
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.102-1
ii  libfontconfig1         2.11.0-6.1
ii  libfreetype6           2.5.2-1.1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0     2.30.8-1
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.40.0-5
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.24.24-1
ii  libice6                2:1.0.9-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0         1.36.6-1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0    1.36.6-1
ii  libpangoft2-1.0-0      1.36.6-1
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.105-6.1
ii  libsm6                 2:1.2.2-1
ii  libwnck22              2.30.7-1
ii  libx11-6               2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxfce4ui-1-0         4.10.0-5
ii  libxfce4util6          4.10.1-2
ii  libxfconf-0-2          4.10.0-3
ii  multiarch-support      2.19-10
ii  xfce4-settings         4.10.1-2
ii  xfconf                 4.10.0-3

Versions of packages xfce4-session recommends:
ii  dbus-x11           1.8.6-2
ii  libpam-systemd     208-8
ii  systemd-sysv       208-8
ii  upower             0.99.1-3
ii  x11-xserver-utils  7.7+3
ii  xfdesktop4         4.10.2-3
ii  xfwm4              4.10.1-2
ii  xscreensaver       5.26-1

Versions of packages xfce4-session suggests:
pn  fortunes-mod  <none>
pn  sudo          <none>

-- no debconf information
pn  sudo          <none>