Bug#634259: gnome-session: stop-multiple-users dialog fails to clear screen

[Josselin Mouette]

Le lundi 18 juillet 2011 à 11:26 +0200, Adam Borowski a écrit : 
> If something sensitive happened to be on the screen when logging off, it
> will be left for everyone to see, not protected by the screen saver (as the
> session is already gone by that time).  For example, I just had a
> gnome-terminal window with a private mail sent on Friday just before leaving
> work -- if a co-worker happened to wander by, that stuff was not meant to be
> seen.
> 
> This can be reproduced by sshing in from another machine (a legitimate
> multiple login), then repeatedly trying to shut down.  After a number of
> tries, one of windows will remain on the screen.  Curiously, it seems that
> it's never one that was on the current desktop you were on at the time of
> logoff.  Window decoration is gone but the contents are still there.

Does it happen only with gnome-terminal? Applications are supposed to
exit when they receive the signal from the session manager - that’s why
you don’t see window decorations, metacity having properly quit.

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