Bug#431022: gdm: second login not possible for same user (gdmflexiserver)

[Sven Arvidsson]

On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 01:11 +0200, Kiro Zimmer wrote:
> Hello!
> A user who is already logged in via gdm, can not login on a second 
> session (anymore) with gdm. But for another user it is no problem.
> 
> steps to reproduce:
> - start gdm, do a normal login
> - start another loginscreen ("gdmflexiserver" or use menu)
> - try to login as the SAME user
> 
> -> no login possible as the SAME user
> -> but trying ANOTHER user is possible
> 
> It is definitely a gdm problem, because normally it would ask after the 
> password "You are already logged in. Do you realy want to login?"
> (my translation, I use german locale)
> 
> Another interesting fact is that it depends if you are logged in on the 
> first terminal an a "physical" way. Lets change the steps above:
> 
> - start gdm, do a normal login as USER A
> - start a nested gdm, login as USER B  ("gdmflexiserver -n")
> - start another loginscreen ("gdmflexiserver" or menu)
> - try to login as USER B
> 
> -> the second login is possible, because the first was nested :-)

Hi,

This works for me. Are you sure multiple logins isn't disabled in
gdmsetup? I think the option for this is new in 2.18.

-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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