[SOLVED] Why my "w" is empty?

camerabambai · 03-13-2020, 09:10 AM

Some "news".
After removed lxdm, I install slim.
Configured for autologin and setup sessreg(otherwise w is still empty) after removed lastlog,wtmp and utmp and recreated with correct permissions, w finally display X11 line..but not the pts

Code:

15:09:52 up  3:11,  4 users,  load average: 0,39, 0,29, 0,34
USER     TTY      FROM             LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
root     tty3     -                15:08    1:50   0.04s  0.04s -bash
user     :0.0     :0.0             15:08    ?xdm?  3:12   0.05s /bin/bash -login /home/user//.xinitrc

upnort · 03-13-2020, 01:55 PM

Possibly lxdm is designed that way?

Perhaps find a Live ISO that uses lxdm (lxde). Look for the same behavior. I think lxdm is abandoned. Patching would have to be a local effort.

camerabambai · 03-14-2020, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by upnort

Possibly lxdm is designed that way?

Perhaps find a Live ISO that uses lxdm (lxde). Look for the same behavior. I think lxdm is abandoned. Patching would have to be a local effort.

I'm using slim, nothing change.
Is recorded the X session but not the pts

ehartman · 03-15-2020, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camerabambai

I'm using slim, nothing change.
Is recorded the X session but not the pts

You do know that slim seems to be abandoned? From wikipedia

Quote:

As of March, 2016, SLiM seems to be abandoned. It is not fully compatible with systemd.

On github the last release even is 1.3.6, all the way back to 2013

There is a warning too about lxdm when you're not using lxde as your DE

Quote:

If you want to have a choice between starting in LXDE or other options (including simply Openbox) then it's important not to use LXDM versions earlier than 0.3.0, as they have a bug which interferes with sessions other than LXDE. The bug was worked around by adding support for .dmrc in LXDM 0.3.0.

The latest release of lxdm on github is 0.5.3, released in 2015!

Officially in Slackware only gdm, kdm (from KDE 4) or SDDM (Plasma 5) or LightDM are supported as far as I know, for all others you are "on your own".

camerabambai · 03-16-2020, 05:47 PM

I have removed slim and installed lightdm.

w show this

Code:

w
 23:44:18 up 10:45,  1 user,  load average: 0,63, 0,58, 0,68
USER     TTY      FROM             LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
user     tty7     :0               23:43   10:45m  2.92s  0.05s /bin/sh /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc

Is not empty and I also resolved the missing pts recording by xfce4-terminal, so the problem is closed, thanks all for help.

camerabambai · 03-16-2020, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by upnort

Is lightdm supported in Slackware? What version of Slackware?

On current yes, I have installed the git version + the 2.0.6 version of gtk-greeter.
I don't know on 14.2

camerabambai · 03-16-2020, 05:56 PM

I see a strange thing, If I use xterm, every terminal is correctly recorded

Code:

 23:54:59 up 10:56,  3 users,  load average: 1,28, 0,88, 0,73
USER     TTY      FROM             LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
user     tty7     :0               23:43   10:55m 26.15s  0.05s /bin/sh /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc
user     pts/2    :0.0             23:54   39.00s  0.08s  0.05s xterm
user     pts/3    :0.0             23:54   38.00s  0.03s  0.03s bash

If I run xfce4-terminal not, why?

EDIT: Solution found..open preferences of xfce4-terminal and set "update utmp/wtmp"