Bug 460667 - gdm invokes screensaver as gdm user
Summary: gdm invokes screensaver as gdm user
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gdm
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: jmccann
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-08-29 15:20 UTC by Mamoru TASAKA
Modified: 2015-01-14 23:21 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-08-29 18:06:50 UTC
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xscreensaver-demo screenshot (417.56 KB, image/png)
2008-08-29 15:20 UTC, Mamoru TASAKA
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Description Mamoru TASAKA 2008-08-29 15:20:30 UTC
Created attachment 315371 [details]
xscreensaver-demo screenshot

Description of problem:
(Screenshot attached)
gdm seems to invoke xscreensaver or gnome-screensaver as "gdm" user
when gdm session is launched but no one has actually logged in to GNOME
session, for example.
After someone logs in to GNOME session, xscreensaver or gnome-screensaver
still runs as gdm user, which leads strange behaviour.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gdm-2.23.91-0.20080828.2.fc10
xscreensaver-base-5.07-1.fc10
gnome-screensaver-2.23.3-0.2008.05.29.3.fc10

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. init 5, gdm launches
2. someone logs in to GNOME session
3. call xscreensaver-demo
  
Actual results:
screenshot attached.
Here xscreensaver-demo warns that xscreensaver-demo is called as tasaka1 user while
xscreensaver is running as "gdm" user.

Expected results:
xscreensaver should be running as login user

Additional info:

Comment 1 jmccann 2008-08-29 18:06:50 UTC
Good catch.  This is fixed upstream now and will appear in rawhide shortly.  Thanks.


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