Many sessions with one user?
Hi,
Keep in mind I just installed Fedora 22 two days ago and haven't used much Linux before. So, this is a problem that happened to me for the second time now and have no idea why it happened or what to do. After locking my screen (Super+L) I can usually login into my session without problems. But here's what happened: I locked the screen, and when I logged back in, none of the programs I had left running were running - as if I had opened a new session. It seems as if Fedora (or is that a Gnome problem?) creates a new session with the same user (I have only one user besides root on the system, so I just click on the user name on the login screen, enter my password and that's it). However, the original session still seems to be running. Any idea? any suggestion much appreciated - at least a workaround for getting into my original user session would be helpful.
As suggested, I tried the "who" command and noticed three sessions running - tty2 and tty3 besides my terminal session.
I found a way to repeat this (is this a feature?). When I double click twice on the lock screen (yes, 2x double click) instead of scroll up, this happens (maybe I did it by accident or there is another way besides double clicking). However, after this, I can't find a way to go to my original session.
Thank you, David
Welcome to ask.fedora! What you're doing (or should be doing) when the screen locks is unlocking the screen, not starting a new session. If you open a terminal and use the command
whoyou should see two sessions: your GUI session and the terminal. If it's really opening a new session, you'll see three. Please let us know in a comment beneath this or as an edit to your question.Yes, there are three sessions - tty2, tty3 and pts/0
In addition to @sideburns above comments, GDM runs on Wayland in DISPLAY :0. That will be one process running as user gdm, probably id 42. As
whomay not represent how your sessions work understandably, tryloginctlinstead. Launched terminals affect the number of user sessionswhoshows.I'll echo this experience, and my frustration with it. I'll endeavor to not double click and get into this situation to begin with... But is there any way to resume the original session? Is this an issue with the screen lock, or some other problem?
When I try it, it would seem the double click brings up another instance of a display manager. Does yours have a different pattern wallpaper too? Like a quilt?
Because I always have memory-intensive processes going, I cannot find the time to test it. There is nothing in the journal that helps. So, either avoid double clicking or use Gnome on Wayland. Maybe straight wayland may avoid Xwayland or Xorg from hijacking GDM preferences.