Re: Patch to enable reboot/shutdown from within the session

Alkis Georgopoulos wrote:
> Some updates after Gadi's suggestions on IRC:
> 
> 1) At the end of /usr/share/ldm/rc.d/X99-zzz-logout-action:
> xprop -root -notype LDM_LOGOUT_ACTION | sed -ne 's/^LDM_LOGOUT_ACTION = "\(.*\)"/\1/p' > /var/run/ldm-logout-action || true
> xprop -root -remove LDM_LOGOUT_ACTION
> 
> 2) And the following code *somewhere*:
> case "$(cat /var/run/ldm-logout-action)" in
>     REBOOT)
>         exec reboot -fp
>         ;;
>     HALT)
>         exec shutdown -fp
>         ;;
> esac
> 
> somewhere =
> a) In /usr/lib/ltsp/screen.d/ldm it works fine, but Gadi said we
> shouldn't change the ldm script at this point.
> 
> or
> 
> b) In /usr/share/ldm/rc.d/I00-haltreboot it works, but has a little
> flickering (X starts before the reboot/shutdown happens).
> I'm OK with that.
> 
> 
> Putting the script in rc.d/X* or rc.d/K* or in ldm.c leaves user
> processes running, so it's *not* OK there.
> 
> So... I00-haltreboot it is. :-)
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Alkis

I guess we can put it in /usr/share/ltsp/screen-session.d, that way 
it'll be called before X is actually started.

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Stéphane Graber
Ubuntu developer
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