Bug#668850: libreoffice: opens windows in wrong session
retitle 668850 libreoffice: opens windows in "wrong" session if already running
thanks
Hi,
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 02:00:10AM +0300, Shai Berger wrote:
> If one user has more than one session running on the same computer;
> and one of these sessions has a LibreOffice app running; and the
> user tries to open this app again in another session, a new window
> for the app is opened in the first session.
Yes.
> Actually, in second thought, there may be a security issue involved;
> usually, each X session is isolated and cannot be manipulated from
> the outside.
And then you still report this "bug"?
> Simple procedure to reproduce:
>
> 1) In a desktop session, open LibreOffice Writer.
> 2) Open another session for same user. It doesn't have to be a
> full desktop session -- you can use a text-only terminal such
> as VT1.
> 3) In this new session, issue the command "lowriter".
Which doesn't make sense. lowriter isn't a GUI program.
> 4) See that nothing happens.
> 5) Go back to the original desktop session
> 6) See a new, "uninvited", Writer window.
This comes up often.
In any case, this is a given. LO is not a standlone thing but uses
interprocess communication and "services" heavily. And this means
if there's a soffice.bin, LO will try to connect to that.
This is a conceptual thing, not a bug. Actually, IMHO it's a bug that
you have a second X instance in the same system...
Wanted to refer you to a upstream bug/maling list post where this recently
came up again, too, but I don't find it anymore, will give you later if
I find it..
Regards,
Rene
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