For whatever reason, consolekit ioctl fails during a VT_WAITACTIVE and fails to declare the current terminal as active. The patch will care about it by reopening the console to check for the active terminal again. Please find attached the patch for testing. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon --debug 2. switch to console from X11 and from console to X11 3. Actual Results: Error waiting for native console 7 activation: Input/output error $ ck-list-sessions Session2: unix-user = '1001' realname = 'user1' seat = 'Seat1' session-type = '' active = FALSE x11-display = ':0' x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7' display-device = '/dev/tty7' remote-host-name = '' is-local = TRUE on-since = '2014-03-22T17:29:50.778033Z' login-session-id = '1' Expected Results: $ ck-list-sessions Session2: unix-user = '1001' realname = 'user1' seat = 'Seat1' session-type = '' active = TRUE x11-display = ':0' x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7' display-device = '/dev/tty7' remote-host-name = '' is-local = TRUE on-since = '2014-03-22T17:29:50.778033Z' login-session-id = '1' console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Changing active VT: 1 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Creating thread for vt 7 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Active vt changed: 1 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Active device: /dev/tty1 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT_WAITACTIVE for vt 7 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT_WAITACTIVE for vt 7 returned -1 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Active session changed: (null) console-kit-daemon[22632]: WARNING: Error waiting for native console 7 activation: Input/output error console-kit-daemon[22632]: WARNING: Reopen a console and check again console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: close descriptor 9 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Running programs in /etc/ConsoleKit/run-seat.d for action seat_active_session_changed console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT_GETSTATE for vt 7 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Current VT: tty1 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 1:on console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 2:on console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 3:on console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Writing log for event: 1395509417.282 type=SEAT_ACTIVE_SESSION_CHANGED : seat-id='Seat1' session-id='' console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 4:on console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 5:on console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 6:on console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 7:on console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 8:off console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 9:off console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 10:off console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 11:off console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 12:on console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 13:off console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 14:off console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 15:off console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT 16:off console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT_WAITACTIVE for vt 7 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: NameOwnerChanged: service_name=':1.18', old_service_name='' new_service_name=':1.18' console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: CkManager: create session for sender: :1.18 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: uid = 0 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: pid = 25782 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Creating new session ssid: /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session3 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Setting override parameters for: unix-user console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Setting override parameters for: display-device console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Setting override parameters for: x11-display console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Setting override parameters for: x11-display-device console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Setting override parameters for: remote-host-name console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Setting override parameters for: is-local console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Executing /usr/lib/ConsoleKit/ck-collect-session-info --uid 0 --pid 25782 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Emitting completed console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Job status: 0 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Job output: unix-user = 0 display-device = /dev/tty1 login-session-id = 2 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: CkManager: verifying session for leader console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Identified session '/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session3' as text console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Emitting added signal: /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session3 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Running programs in /etc/ConsoleKit/run-session.d for action session_added console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Running programs in /usr/lib/ConsoleKit/run-session.d for action session_added console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Allocated ChildData 0x14a2510 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Waiting for child with pid 26256 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: In _child_watch for pid 26256 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Done waiting for child with pid 26256 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Freeing ChildData 0x14a2510 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Got uid: 1001 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Writing log for event: 1395509421.751 type=SEAT_SESSION_ADDED : seat-id='Seat1' session-id='Session3' session-type='' session-x11-display='' session-x11-d console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Active device: /dev/tty1 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Matched display-device /dev/tty1 to /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session3 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Active session changed: /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session3 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Running programs in /etc/ConsoleKit/run-seat.d for action seat_active_session_changed console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Running programs in /usr/lib/ConsoleKit/run-seat.d for action seat_active_session_changed console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Writing log for event: 1395509421.752 type=SEAT_ACTIVE_SESSION_CHANGED : seat-id='Seat1' session-id='Session3' console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Finalizing job console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: NameOwnerChanged: service_name=':1.19', old_service_name='' new_service_name=':1.19' console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Removing sessions for service name: :1.19 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: NameOwnerChanged: service_name=':1.19', old_service_name=':1.19' new_service_name='' console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT_WAITACTIVE for vt 7 returned 0 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: new descriptor is 9 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Pushing activation event for VT 7 onto queue console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Processing VT event queue console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Changing active VT: 7 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Creating thread for vt 1 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Active vt changed: 7 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Active device: /dev/tty7 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: VT_WAITACTIVE for vt 1 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Matched display-device /dev/tty7 to /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2 console-kit-daemon[22632]: DEBUG: Active session changed: /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2
Created attachment 373274 [details, diff] consolekit-0.4.6 ck-vt-monitor.c patch
(In reply to Jimmy.Jazz from comment #0) > For whatever reason, consolekit ioctl fails during a VT_WAITACTIVE and fails > to declare the current terminal as active. With what version of dev-libs/glib? Have you seen bug 501330? > The patch will care about it by reopening the console to check for the > active terminal again. You wrote the patch? Did you open a corresponding bug at http://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/ against the ConsoleKit component? > Please find attached the patch for testing. Why is this patch suddently now needed, when it wasn't before? I don't like the idea of adding new features to CK in a form of a distribution patch (as opposed getting something reviewed and committed to the freedesktop.org git)
(In reply to Samuli Suominen from comment #2) > (In reply to Jimmy.Jazz from comment #0) > > For whatever reason, consolekit ioctl fails during a VT_WAITACTIVE and fails > > to declare the current terminal as active. > > With what version of dev-libs/glib? Have you seen bug 501330? dev-libs/glib-2.38.2-r1 w/ linux 3.13.6 I don't use a session manager but openbox directly. The login is always working. I'm using lightdm to connect to a login openbox 'session' and to shutdown the computer. x11-misc/lightdm-1.9.6 x11-misc/lightdm-gtk-greeter-1.8.2 I'm using pam w/ the line: session optional pam_ck_connector.so nox11 Consolekit never fails when I don't log to X. lightdm right menu is working and I'm able to log out as expected if I don't try to switch to a vt, return to the openbox session again and leave it for the lightdm greeter. Also, if I switch to any of the Alt-Fx vt, the lightdm greeter doesn't allow me to use its menu again. Consolekit fails to activate the current session. Its log shows the message error. With the patch, the failure disappear. I don't know about slim. > > > The patch will care about it by reopening the console to check for the > > active terminal again. > > You wrote the patch? Yes but it's hardly a patch. > Did you open a corresponding bug at http://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/ against > the ConsoleKit component? No. The reason. I don't understand why the /dev/tty descriptor goes mad. The patch has no pretention. It closes and reopens the device and tries again. > > > Please find attached the patch for testing. > > Why is this patch suddently now needed, when it wasn't before? I don't like > the idea of adding new features to CK in a form of a distribution patch (as > opposed getting something reviewed and committed to the freedesktop.org git) Believe me, it is needed on linux anyway. I don't know about BSD. Consolekit has never worked flawlessly. One time you loose the greeter menu, one time not. Also the patch isn't a feature. It just helps to give the ability to get the right session activated after a failed VT_WAITACTIVATE ioctl and that every time :)
Does this still happen on the latest versions? please reopen if it does.
