gdm-safe-restart not supported

[Jeff Strunk]

Binary package hint: gdm

gdm-safe-restart used to send the USR1 signal to gdm to cause it to restart after the current user logs out. In Lucid,
it does not work:
# gdm-safe-restart
Not supported

I manage a network of 200+ Ubuntu workstations. I previously used this feature to update gdm without interrupting my customers. Is there an alternate way to do this?

[komputes (komputes)]

I can confirm the output of the command on Lucid is "Not supported". What is the release used in your last deployment where gdm-safe-restart was supported?

Take a look at this recent commit which shows the commands are removed in current development GNOME:
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=9aace1fa58d1a4219fdddc4df01e0735f78dd306

- gdm-stop \
- gdm-restart \
- gdm-safe-restart \

[Jeff Strunk (jstrunk-math)]

We have been ignoring the fall releases for our desktop machines. It works in
Jaunty.

I guess it is not critical, but it was a nice feature that we had gotten used
to. I think the workaround is just to not restart gdm when the package gets
updated or the configuration gets changed. I believe that it will bet restarted
when someone logs in and out.

This is really only a problem if there are security updates for gdm. We'll be
able to deploy the new gdm, but we won't be able to restart it automatically
because someone may be logged in.

On Friday, June 04, 2010 01:33:23 pm you wrote:
> I can confirm the output of the command on Lucid is "Not supported".
> What is the release used in your last deployment where gdm-safe-restart
> was supported?
>
> Take a look at this recent commit which shows the commands are removed in
> current development GNOME:
> http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=9aace1fa58d1a4219fdddc4df01e073
> 5f78dd306
>
> - gdm-stop \
> - gdm-restart \
> - gdm-safe-restart \

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Restart are often required after an upgrade anyway, xorg, dbus, linux etc don't handle reloading without restart