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-rw-r--r--src/login/logind-dbus.c13
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/login/logind-dbus.c b/src/login/logind-dbus.c
index 0cc2cdf997..c92761f435 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-dbus.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-dbus.c
@@ -690,8 +690,19 @@ static int method_create_session(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus
}
manager_get_session_by_pid(m, leader, &session);
- if (!session && vtnr > 0 && vtnr < m->seat0->position_count)
+ if (!session && vtnr > 0 && vtnr < m->seat0->position_count) {
session = m->seat0->positions[vtnr];
+ /*
+ * Old gdm and lightdm start the user-session on the same VT as
+ * the greeter session. But they destroy the greeter session
+ * after the user-session and want the user-session to take
+ * over the VT. We need to support this for
+ * backwards-compatibility, so make sure we allow new sessions
+ * on a VT that a greeter is running on.
+ */
+ if (session && session->class == SESSION_GREETER)
+ session = NULL;
+ }
if (session) {
_cleanup_free_ char *path = NULL;
_cleanup_close_ int fifo_fd = -1;