Subject: bug#540: elogind unmounts /run/user/$UID tmpfs filesystem after logging in again

From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:30:47 +0000

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Frank,

Thanks for this.

On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 09:12:24PM +0100, Frank wrote:
> Package: elogind
> Version: 241.4-2
> 
> elogind unmounts /run/user/$UID tmpfs filesystem after logging in again. It
> should not do that.
> 
> Devuan was installed using the Refracta installer that is available on the
> iso-file devuan_beowulf_3.0.0_amd64_desktop-live.iso.
> Unable to reproduce the issue in a VM booted of iso-file
> devuan_beowulf_3.0.0_i386_desktop-live.iso /
> devuan_beowulf_3.0.0_amd64_desktop-live.iso.
> 
> Steps to reproduce (new install, new user, default settings):
> 1) login to the XFCE desktop environment.
> 2) in a terminal window, exec df. This shows, amongst others, a tmpfs
> filesystem mounted at /run/user/$UID.
> 3) log out and log back in (rapidly).

Your comment about 'rapidly' reminds me of an issue I have seen before[1]. It is
only apparent using slim as DM and is really a bug in slim. Can you confirm if
that is what you have been using?

Thanks

Mark

[1]  https://github.com/elogind/elogind/issues/95