[Bug 82952] killing the X server reboots the system

[Marius Gedminas]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-session

This is Edgy here.

1. Log in.
2. Open the logout dialog.
3. Cancel it by pressing Esc.
4. Press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace in order to restart the X server.

The system starts shutting down and then reboots.  There is a text
message "rebooting from gdm menu" briefly visible before usplash takes
over.

It should not reboot.  It should just restart gdm.  If I do not touch
the logout dialog, that's what happens.  Somehow the logout dialog
erroneously signals to gdm that I want to reboot if I cancel it.

I keep doing this whenever I need to restart X because the logout dialog
is invisible on my laptop (bug #80343).  I usually need to restart X
because of bug #37444.  Three *stacked* bugs are pretty irritating, to
put it mildly.

** Affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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killing the X server reboots the system
https://launchpad.net/bugs/82952