Bug 1534270

Summary:	Tigervnc-server could not get session id for session
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Strahil Nikolov <hunter86_bg>
Component:	tigervnc	Assignee:	Jan Grulich <jgrulich>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version:	7.4
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Description Strahil Nikolov 2018-01-14 16:40:04 UTC

Description of problem:
The example of the tigervnc server's service cannot get session id for the session , which leads to lacking of some menus and improper visualization.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
tigervnc-server-1.8.0-2.el7_4.x86_64
tigervnc-server-minimal-1.8.0-2.el7_4.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Copy sample service to "/etc/systemd/system":
# cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/vncserver@.service /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:1.service
2.Replace the "<USER>" with your user
3.Login as that user and create a password via "vncpasswd"
4.Start your systemd.service

Actual results:
Improper visualization and missing menus.
Error message is generated as follows:
gnome-session-binary[PID_NUMBER]: WARNING: Could not get session id for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.

Expected results:
Successful start of the service.

Additional info:
Adding "PAMName=login" in the "[service]" stanza of the systemd service file solves the issue.

Comment 2 Strahil Nikolov 2018-01-14 16:43:41 UTC

The description should be read as:
The tigervnc service (as per the example in "/usr/lib/systemd/system") leads to improper visualization and missing menus,while the vnc server not being able to obtain the session id.

Comment 3 Jan Grulich 2018-01-15 06:01:53 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1506273 ***