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Bug 745938 - Please support org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.Seat SwitchToGreeter
Please support org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.Seat SwitchToGreeter
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-03-10 04:04 UTC by Mathieu Parent
Modified: 2018-05-24 11:06 UTC
See Also:
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Description Mathieu Parent 2015-03-10 04:04:56 UTC 
LightDM and other DM use org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.Seat SwitchToGreeter on system Bus to go to greeter, GDM only supports org.gnome.DisplayManager.LocalDisplayFactory CreateTransientDisplay.

Using the same API will help interoperability.

I will try to propose a patch.
Comment 1 Jasper St. Pierre (not reading bugmail) 2015-03-10 04:09:00 UTC 
I'm not aware of any org.freedesktop.DisplayManager specification. It seems LightDM is the only implementation of that interface that I can find.

That said, the way that greeter sessions are managed are in flux right now as we transition to Wayland.
Comment 2 Mathieu Parent 2015-03-10 04:44:35 UTC 
Yes. I don't know of any other server implementation.

but there are several client implementations. In Debian, at least "lxsession","mate-screensaver","cinnamon-session","lightdm","light-locker","cinnamon-screensaver","mate-session-manager","kde-workspace","cairo-dock-plug-ins".

Maybe I should focus on implementing it on the gnome-shell side then.

Ref: https://codesearch.debian.net/perpackage-results/SwitchToGreeter/2/page_0
Comment 3 Mathieu Parent 2015-03-10 05:28:34 UTC 
See #745940 for the gnome-shell part.
Comment 4 Mathieu Parent 2015-03-10 13:47:33 UTC 
I started a discussion at xdg: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2015-March/013468.html
Comment 5 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 11:06:35 UTC 
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