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izilly

Member

Registered: 2015-06-28

Posts: 1

lightdm-gtk-greeter hangs after unlock

The latest update to lightdm-gtk-greeter (1:2.0.1-2) causes my system to hang when unlocking.  It works fine when initially logging in; it's only after locking the session (with light-locker or 'dm-tool lock') that the problem appears. 

The problem seems to be caused by the '--enable-kill-on-sigterm' configure option added in the latest update.  Manually building the package with that line deleted from the PKGBUILD results in a package that works fine (but each lock/unlock leaves a new session hanging around, which is what '--enable-kill-on-sigterm' is meant to fix as I understand it).

Anyone else having this problem?

Chazza

Wiki Maintainer

Registered: 2013-06-02

Posts: 506

Re: lightdm-gtk-greeter hangs after unlock

I cannot confirm this issue, no. I don't use light-locker but locking with dm-tool lock and then unlocking does not cause system hangs for me. And yes, the '--enable-kill-on-sigterm' flag does fix the issue you mention. Maybe light-locker is the problem. Can you reproduce the issue if its not present?

satanselbow

Member

Registered: 2011-06-15

Posts: 538

Re: lightdm-gtk-greeter hangs after unlock

No hangs here with 1:2.0.1-2 and light-locker (1.6.0-1) in place ... might be worth reviewing your logs for errors and config (lightdm, greeter + light-locker) for flags that may be undoing the good work done by the "--enable-kill-on-sigterm" flag...