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Anyone know what these all these user sessions (see post) might be?

Any time I login to my laptop, including after freshly booting my laptop there are four user sessions already. Only the "who" command can see all four, the "w" command can only ...
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How to determine the graphical tty in loginctl

Loginctl lists a lot of sessions, and I want programmatically to know which one is a graphical session (e.g. GNOME desktop). In the example below, I have a GNome desktop session open, an ssh ...
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How to invert colors on wayland (sway) ? xcalib -invert -alter equivalent

I have been using xcalib -invert -alter on X sessions to invert screen colors. What can I use on wayland to achieve same result ? Thank you for help
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pam_unix error when attempting to setup rdxp with AD integration

Issue: Installed Realm, SSSD and SSH works with all users, but trying to remote desktop using xrdp fails with the following errors Aug 30 00:00:00 PC-NAME xrdp-sesman[220997]: pam_unix(xrdp-sesman:...
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Recovery factory of a blind computer. No user interaction

We have a PC with Lubuntu, without monitor, keyboard and mouse. We can only restart it with a button. We need that when we insert a USB stick and reboot it will automatically start and restore the ...
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Surprise: Interactive Bash runs commands in a separate Process Group

I am surprised that at least from Bash 4.4.19, Interactive Bash runs commands in a separate session, see following process list after I run sleep 8888: PGID PID PPID 3150071 3150071 252603 ...
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How to open PDF file in .Xsession custom desktop?

I am new to .xsession concept and my aim is to create a custom desktop where I can use only my GUI. So, I have created the below .xsession file and it is working good for me. #! /bin/bash gnome-wm &...
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Start kodi from the terminal of another user

I'm trying to work around an issue I have with hidden fuse files locked by kodi.bin. Please note that I'm already trying to resolve the root cause for the actual issue through other threads but havn't ...
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Systemd on Kali - session-3.scope hangs, how to debug?

How do you debug this? When I try to turn off my VM the session 3 of the user kali (session-3.scope) hangs, which contains basically the whole process tree of the GUI. It waits for 90s and then it ...
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How to understand the following quote from termios description

I'm using Mac, following quote is from man termios: When a controlling terminal becomes associated with a session, its foreground process group is set to the process group of the session leader. To ...
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KDE Wayland session crashing when waking from standby or the screenlocker - how to find out why?

I'm running Debian 11 with KDE and Wayland. This is a problem of Wayland instead of X11 with the version of KDE of Debian11. When I wake from standby I usually have that other login screen that also ...
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gnome: how to lock session on suspend

I'd like to enter my password when I open the lid to access my laptop; I use GNOME 43 and currently when I close the lid, it goes into suspend state; then when I open the lid, the laptop resumes and ...
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Force greeter and session to share xserver

I am using LightDM 1.30.0 and I see the xserver-share variable in the lightdm.conf which I have set to true. However, on screen lock, the greeter still occupies VT8 and the session VT7. How can I ...
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How to limit the concurrent GUI login, but allow multiple SSH login?

On an Ubuntu desktop, contains several accounts, I want to limit the GUI login number. At anytime, there should be only one account can login by using local GUI. (The first account must logout before ...
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Session disconnected loading a wep page

On Ubuntu 22.04LTS, with dwm as window manager and lightdm as session manager i get disconnected from my session when loading this web page https://github.com/philippnormann/xrandr-brightness-script ...
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How to configure OpenBSD for multiple X Window sessions of different users?

I want to configure an OpenBSD (7.2 amd64) system to support multiple users logged in and each having separate X Window sessions, but being able to easily switch whose session is on the terminal. ...
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How does Linux Manage the Termination of Sessions?

I understand that maxlogins can be configured to limit the number of concurrent sessions in /etc/security/limits.conf or /etc/security/limits.d/*.conf. Example: hard maxlogins 10 Let's say I want to ...
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Connection to github.com closed by remote host

Problem is exactly as reported in HPC ssh "connection closed by remote host" Connection to host closed by remote host. Exit status -1 But it is not the "ssh_exchange_identification:&...
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Logout of tty but save session for next login

5.18.9-arch1-1 Dell XPS 15 9510 I am running arch linux on xmonad. I do not have a login manager. On boot, I simply login via the tty and run startx to start my x session. This behavior is exactly ...
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Can you rescue a shell from an accidental "yes" command?

Scenario: I'm running a bunch of commands, some of which prompt for "yes/no" answers. I accidentally type yes as a command instead of as a response to a prompt. OOPS. Now my shell looks ...
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How to log out all inactive terminal sessions in GNU/Linux?

Since I switched to Wayland on Debian11/KDE starting the computer from standby in around 90% of cases shows a black screen and one needs to use ctrl+alt+f{id} and run loginctl unlock-session {id2} to ...
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xsession for own built KDE

What I'm trying to do : I'm trying to build my own full KDE from source and run it as my regular user, without changing the one from the system. The problem : I can't seem to run the software I built ...
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Close tmux Session After Script Ends

The remote Python script is executed by a local script using ssh so this is not an interactive session. The tmux session is only useful while the script runs and want it to end after the script is ...
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Why are sessions breaking when starting from standby on Debian with Wayland? It shows a black screen with "the screen locker is broken"

Since I switched to Wayland on Debian11/KDE starting the computer from standby often shows a black screen with the notice that one should use ctrl+alt+f2 and loginctl unlock-session {id} (this text ...
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RHEL8 - cannot set the default session for root; config file resets after reboot

On my RHEL8.5 server I am trying to set the default session for root from gnome-classic to gnome. Following Redhat's documentation (this guide is for RHEL7 but I haven't found an equivalent for RHEL8),...
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How to kill chrome under Linux so that it'll resume next time

How to kill chrome under Linux so that it'll resume/restore the sessions when it is started next time? It's a trivial thing to do under Windows, but under Linux, no matter how I tried to kill chrome, ...
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What is responsible for starting the session bus in gdm3?

I'm trying to get gdm3 working on Alpine Linux, but it fails on finding the session bus. Specifically, this assertion fails: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/blob/40.4/src/wayland/meta-wayland....
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XFCE4 - Session and Startup: where are autostart items saved?

In XFCE4, there is a list of items to be started when an XFCE4-session is started (XFCE4 Settings xfce4-settings-manager → Tab "Application Autostart"): I'm wondering where this list is ...
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How to use curl to access a webpage behind a login form?

There is this webpage I'm trying to scrape but it is behind a login form that needs user/password. I used Firefox debug mode to find HTTP requests. Upon entering the credentials, there is a POST ...
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Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Kali-Linux-2021.1-vbox-amd64. Callee RC: RPC_E_SERVERFAULT (0x80010105)

I have installed Kali Linux on VirtualBox but I had not been open for the last 1 month. Now I am trying to start Kali on VB but it gives me an error. Error: After closing this dialog box, it is ...
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Cron job terminates session immediately

I have this entry in cronjob: $ cronjob -l * * * * * $(cd /home/fedor/Documents/mecab_natto && bash run_mecab.sh >> /home/fedor/Documents/mecab_natto/log.txt) when I run the script ...
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Restore open windows after restart/shutdown on Scientific Linux?

Is there a way in Scientific Linux to restore all open applications upon the last restart/shut down?
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Linux xfce4 with login user command

I have a Linux Ubuntu 20.04 computer running Xubuntu. I am in the process of writing a c ++ program that consists of a completely new login screen. This login screen also works and I can check whether ...
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How to launch a command at the startup of only the very first shell of an X session?

I am running Gnome on Pop-OS! 20.04. I am using terminator and zsh shell. I want to launch fortune only the first time I use zsh shell in a X session. I have tried those kind of things in .zshrc: ### ...
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Does the "reboot" command log me out of the shell or does it forcefully terminate it?

Under Linux, if I issue a reboot command from the shell, what is the sequence of events that lead to the shell (e.g. bash) disconnecting? I think it's one of the following, but not sure which: It log ...
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What does it mean "new session has no controlling terminal"?

This reference says about creating a new session: The calling process is the leader of the new session, the process group leader of the new process group, and has no controlling terminal So I expected ...
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How to delete default session (Xfce4) from Debian?

I want to delete default session (Xfce4) from Debian. I don't want to damage Debian.
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Why does the history command show few commands and the .bash_history file is short even if HISTFILESIZE and HISTSIZE are ridiculously high?

I've read these two questions and the accepted answers on StackOverflow: Unlimited Bash History bash HISTSIZE vs. HISTFILESIZE? However, I still don't understand why in any bash session I can see ...
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Arch linux: restore session with running programs after running out of battery

I have Lenovo notebook with Arch linux. When I run out of battery and my notebook dies, after starting it. It freshly boots new session. Is there a way to restore previous session and continue in it ? ...
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dwm - session polkit

I am really struggling to get the session polkit to work. I am not really familiar with how it works, but I have been using gnome before switching to dwm and in gnome it worked perfectly, so I wanted ...
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Using Remote Desktop on my private VM, I enter another existing session than the previous one, depending on... my screen resolution?

At work, we are developing programs, each developer having his own private VM under CentOS. I disconnect my session at the end of the day, then the next morning I start Remote Desktop under Windows ...
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Choose lightdm login screen location in multi monitor setup

I am running Fedora XFCE with an NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti that is connected via 3 cables to 2 monitors. Display port is connected twice to the same monitor (for PBP) HDMI is connected to another monitor ...
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If I run tmux and then `kill` the tmux process, I see two bash processes. How does this second bash relate to the first and how do I kill it?

As stated in the question, I'm trying to better understand sessions, processes, process groups, etc. A few questions that I came across while playing around with tmux. If I open tmux and run ps, I ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 getting log in auth.log

I am getting error in /var/log/auth.log CRON: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) CRON: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Even I logged in with xyz user ...
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Full featured session manager for (any) tiling window manager

looking for a full featured session manager that would store running programs with their running context and their window position. Short version In short, I am looking for a functionality that would ...
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Checking if tmux session is still busy from outside the session itself

How can I check if a tmux session is still busy (is running some process) from outside the session itself?
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How can I check from bash whether my desktop is locked?

For use in shell scripts and ssh. I need something to tell me whether my desktop screen/session is locked. I'm using KDE, Xorg and systemd.
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Xubuntu: Cannot unlock/wakeup when lid is closed

My laptop is docked with the lid closed. If I lock the session, it is impossible to wake up the system with mouse or keyboard. I must open the lid to wake it up. How to unlock without opening the lid ?...
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Tmux: How can I create "session > window > pane" and run a command in the pane?

I'd like to do the next from a bash script: Create a session named "my_session". Create a window named "my_window" inside of that session. Create two pans named "my_pan1"...
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Running systemd service synchronously / in foreground

I would like to replace my Xsession with my custom program (kiosk-like setup), previously I was just setting STARTUP variable in my .xsessionrc file like: STARTUP='/path/to/my/program' Now I want to ...
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