Bug#968014: systemd 246 postinst script should restart systemd-logind.service

Zygmunt Krynicki me at zygoon.pl
Thu Aug 6 18:41:42 BST 2020


> Unfortunately logind can't be restarted safely. Xorg (and Wayland) still
> don't handle that properly and crash.
> If you want to pursue getting those fixed, this would be very much
> welcome. Otherwise I can't really do anything about that in systemd.

I see, this is quite unfortunate.

Could the postinst script refer the current set of blocking issues?

Could the postinst script restart logind if neither X nor wayland is employed? In my configuration it is really affecting CI systems that are all headless.

Best regards
ZK



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