Ubuntu desktop with mythbuntu .. extra session issue

[AJ1000]

I tried to make a clean installation of the Mythbuntu 9.10 Release Candidate, and installed the ubuntu desktop from the Mythbuntu Control Center. The issue is that it produces an extra session.

How do I get rid of the extra session?

Here is the output of ck-list-sessions:

Session1:
unix-user = '103'
realname = '(null)'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = FALSE
x11-display = ''
x11-display-device = ''
display-device = '/dev/???'
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2009-10-24T17:05:24.110037Z'
login-session-id = ''
Session4:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = 'owner'
seat = 'Seat1'
session-type = ''
active = TRUE
x11-display = ':0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'
display-device = ''
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = TRUE
on-since = '2009-10-24T17:06:38.167940Z'
login-session-id = ''

Session1 should not there (it was not there in 9.04, or the upgrade I did from 9.04 to 9.10).

The reason I need to get rid of the session is otherwise, when shutting down or restarting, I get the following PolicyKit error:

'System Policy prevents stopping the system when other users are logged in'

How do I get rid of the extra session?

[al_do_at_work]

try this, it worked for me

create a new file with:

sudo nano /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/shutdown.pkla

paste inside this:

[system shutdown privs]
Identity=unix-group:users <-- your users group here
Action=org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop-multiple-users
ResultAny=no
ResultInactive=no
ResultActive=yes

then create this too:
sudo nano /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/restart.pkla

and paste this:

[system restart privs]
Identity=unix-group:users <-- your users group here
Action=org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart-multiple-users
ResultAny=no
ResultInactive=no
ResultActive=yes

taken from: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gnome_2.28_Changes#Granting_Shutdown.2FRestart_Pri vileges_to_Users

[AJ1000]

Is there a way of identifying the users group? The above sessions were made by the mythbuntu installation.

[AJ1000]

Thanks, it works. The users group was mythtv

[johnnybirdman]

try this, it worked for me


worked great, thanks. Had this issue on a fresh install. Should this be considered a bug? On a fresh install what 'other' user is running?

J.

[AJ1000]

Yes, I think this is a bug. The other user is user 103 - which is the mythtv group.

[hoffman462]

Does anyone know how to get rid of the session? or is it required for Myth to operate?

[AJ1000]

I think it is required now as myth backend is part of the mythtv group

[Bage2010]

Hi

just wanted to say this post was really helpful. Have been running karmic exactly a week now and got this problem after installing Mythtv.

cheers

[skorpio11]

Just wanted to say thanks as well. Maybe this should be a sticky some place.