GDM2 misbehaving
I'm having some problems with gdm2 2.4.0.11-1 which I got from
hadess.net and built the deb for on my system. It worked fine for a few
days, but has now as far as I can tell arbitrarily broken. It starts the
X server on :0 but seems not to notice the fact it's there. It then says
it can't start a server on :0 because there's one there, and prompts to
ask if I want to retry or try opening one on :1. If I open one on :1, it
starts also, but displays no greeter, and then goes through the same
process with the display on :1.
General mayhem ensues which means I have to stop gdm and kill off all
the X servers and log in with startx, most annoyingly. XDMCP also seems
broke, like X -query localhost doesn't show anything. I thought X might
be somehow misconfigured, or it was the nvidia driver being crappy, but
it happens with different permutations of modules, and with the nv
driver. I attatch reportbug output and gdm.conf. Any ideas?
Regards,
Rob
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux alpha 2.4.19-rc5-xfs-alpha #1 Fri Aug 2 23:48:31 BST 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB
Versions of packages gdm2 depends on:
ii adduser 3.49 Add and remove users and groups
ii bonobo-activation 1:1.0.3-3 Bonobo Activation Framework
ii debconf 1.2.21 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.10.9 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.11-1 The GNOME 2 canvas widget - runtim
ii libatk1.0-0 1.2.1-1 The ATK accessibility library
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.3-4 The Audiofile Library
ii libbonobo-activation4 1:1.0.3-3 Bonobo Activation Framework -- run
ii libbonobo2-0 2.1.0-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.1.0-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libesd0 0.2.28-2 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libgconf2-4 1.2.1-4.1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt1 1.1.11-4 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglade2-0 2.0.1-3 Library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.2.0-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.1.90-1 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.1.90-1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.0.6-3 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.0.4-4 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgnutls5 0.6.0-2 GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.2.0-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii liblinc1 1:0.5.5-1 library to simplify creating netwo
ii liborbit2 1:2.4.4-1 Libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpam-modules 0.76-9 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam0g 0.76-9 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.2.0-3 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.6.4-2 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii librsvg2-2 2.0.1-4 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii libtasn1-0 0.1.2-1 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii libwrap0 7.6-ipv6.1-3 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii libxml2 2.5.0-1 GNOME XML library
ii scrollkeeper 0.3.11-3 A free electronic cataloging syste
ii xlibs 4.2.1-4 X Window System client libraries
ii zlib1g 1:1.1.4-9 compression library - runtime
-- debconf information:
shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm2
gdm2/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
# GDM Configuration file. You can use gdmsetup program to graphically
# edit this, or you can optionally just edit this file by hand. Note that
# gdmsetup does not tweak every option here, just the ones most users
# would care about. Rest is for special setups and distro specific
# tweaks. If you edit this file, you should send the HUP or USR1 signal to
# the daemon so that it restarts: (Assuming you have not changed PidFile)
# kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/gdm.pid`
# (HUP will make gdm restart immediately while USR1 will make gdm not kill
# existing sessions and will only restart gdm after all users log out)
#
# You can also use the gdm-restart and gdm-safe-restart scripts which just
# do the above for you.
#
# Have fun! - George
[daemon]
# Automatic login, if true the first local screen will automatically logged
# in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key.
AutomaticLoginEnable=false
AutomaticLogin=
# Timed login, useful for kiosks. Log in a certain user after a certain
# amount of time
TimedLoginEnable=false
TimedLogin=
TimedLoginDelay=30
# A comma separated list of users that will be logged in without having
# to authenticate on local screens (not over xdmcp). Note that 'root'
# is ignored and will always have to authenticate.
LocalNoPasswordUsers=
# If you are having trouble with using a single server for a long time and
# want gdm to kill/restart the server, turn this on
AlwaysRestartServer=false
# The gdm configuration program that is run from the login screen, you should
# probably leave this alone
Configurator=/usr/bin/gdmsetup --disable-sound --disable-crash-dialog
GnomeDefaultSession=/usr/share/gnome/default.session
# The chooser program. Must output the chosen host on stdout, probably you
# should leave this alone
Chooser=/usr/bin/gdmchooser
# Default path to set. The profile scripts will likely override this
DefaultPath=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin
# Default path for root. The profile scripts will likely override this
RootPath=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin
DisplayInitDir=/etc/gdm/Init
# Greeter for local (non-xdmcp) logins. Change gdmlogin to gdmgreeter to
# get the new graphical greeter.
Greeter=/usr/bin/gdmgreeter
# Greeter for xdmcp logins, usually you want a less graphically intensive
# greeter here so it's better to leave this with gdmlogin
RemoteGreeter=/usr/bin/gdmlogin
# User and group that gdm should run as. Probably should be gdm and gdm and
# you should create these user and group. Anyone found running this as
# someone too privilaged will get a kick in the ass. This should have
# access to only the gdm directories and files.
User=gdm
Group=gdm
# To try to kill all clients started at greeter time or in the Init script.
# doesn't always work, only if those clients have a window of their own
KillInitClients=true
LogDir=/var/lib/gdm
# You should probably never change this value unless you have a weird setup
PidFile=/var/run/gdm.pid
PostSessionScriptDir=/etc/gdm/PostSession/
PreSessionScriptDir=/etc/gdm/PreSession/
# Distributions: If you have some script that runs an X server in say
# VGA mode, allowing a login, could you please send it to me?
FailsafeXServer=
# if X keeps crashing on us we run this script. The default one does a bunch
# of cool stuff to figure out what to tell the user and such and can
# run an X configuration program.
XKeepsCrashing=/etc/gdm/XKeepsCrashing
# Reboot, Halt and suspend commands, you can add different commands
# separated by a semicolon and gdm will use the first one it can find
RebootCommand=/sbin/shutdown -r now \"Rebooted from gdm menu.\";/usr/sbin/shutdown -r now \"Rebooted from gdm menu.\"
HaltCommand=/usr/bin/poweroff;/sbin/poweroff;/sbin/shutdown -h now;/usr/sbin/shutdown -h now
SuspendCommand=/usr/bin/apm --suspend
# Probably should not touch the below this is the standard setup
ServAuthDir=/var/lib/gdm
SessionDir=/etc/gdm/Sessions/
# Better leave this blank and HOME will be used. You can use syntax ~/ below
# to indicate home directory of the user
UserAuthDir=
# Fallback if home directory not writable
UserAuthFBDir=/tmp
UserAuthFile=.Xauthority
# The X server to use if we can't figure out what else to run.
StandardXServer=/usr/X11R6/bin/X
# The maximum number of flexible X servers to run.
FlexibleXServers=5
# the X nest command
Xnest=/usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest -name Xnest
# Automatic VT allocation. Right now only works on Linux. This way
# we force X to use specific vts. turn VTAllocation to false if this
# is causing problems.
FirstVT=8
VTAllocation=true
[security]
# If any distributions ship with this one off, they should be shot
# this is only local, so it's only for say kiosk use, when you
# want to minimize possibility of breakin
AllowRoot=false
# If you want to be paranoid, turn this one off
AllowRemoteRoot=false
# This will allow remote timed login
AllowRemoteAutoLogin=false
# 0 is the most anal, 1 allows group write permissions, 2 allows all write permissions
RelaxPermissions=0
RetryDelay=3
# Maximum size of a file we wish to read. This makes it hard for a user to DoS us
# by using a large file.
UserMaxFile=65536
# Maximum size of the session file. This is larger because it matters less as we
# never keep it all in memory. Just has an upper limit so that we don't go into too
# long of a loop
SessionMaxFile=524388
# XDMCP is the protocol that allows remote login. If you want to log into
# gdm remotely (I'd never turn this on on open network, use ssh for such
# remote usage that). You can then run X with -query <thishost> to log in,
# or -indirect <thishost> to run a chooser. Look for the 'Terminal' server
# type at the bottom of this config file.
[xdmcp]
# Distributions: Ship with this off. It is never a safe thing to leave
# out on the net. Alternatively you can set up /etc/hosts.allow and
# /etc/hosts.deny to only allow say local access.
Enable=true
# Honour indirect queries, we run a chooser for these, and then redirect
# the user to the chosen host. Otherwise we just log the user in locally.
HonorIndirect=true
# Maximum pending requests
MaxPending=4
MaxPendingIndirect=4
# Maximum open XDMCP sessions at any point in time
MaxSessions=16
# Maximum wait times
MaxWait=15
MaxWaitIndirect=15
# How many times can a person log in from a single host. Usually better to
# keep at 1 to fend off DoS attacks by running many logins from a single
# host
DisplaysPerHost=1
# The port. 177 is the standard port so better keep it that way
Port=177
# Willing script, none is shipped and by default we'll send
# hostname system id. But if you supply something here, the
# output of this script will be sent as status of this host so that
# the chooser can display it. You could for example send load,
# or mail details for some user, or some such.
Willing=/etc/gdm/Xwilling
[gui]
# The 'theme'. By default we're using the default gtk theme
# Of course assuming that gtk got installed in the same prefix,
# if not change this.
GtkRC=/usr/share/themes/ThinIce/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
# Maximum size of an icon, larger icons are scaled down
MaxIconWidth=128
MaxIconHeight=128
[greeter]
# Greeter has a nice title bar that the user can move
TitleBar=true
# Configuration is available from the system menu of the greeter
ConfigAvailable=true
# Face browser is enabled. This only works currently for the
# standard greeter as it is not yet enabled in the graphical greeter.
Browser=false
# The default picture in the browser
DefaultFace=/usr/share/pixmaps/nobody.png
# These are things excluded from the face browser, not from logging in
Exclude=bin,daemon,adm,lp,sync,shutdown,halt,mail,news,uucp,operator,nobody,alias,backup,games,gnats,irc,list,majordom,man,msql,postgres,proxy,qmaild,qmaill,qmailp,qmailq,qmailr,qmails,sys,www-data,fetchmail,xpilots
# As an alternative to the above this is the minimum uid to show
MinimalUID=100
# If user or user.png exists in this dir it will be used as his picture
GlobalFaceDir=/usr/share/faces/
# Icon we use
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gdm.png
# File which contains the locale we show to the user. Likely you want to use
# the one shipped with gdm and edit it. It is not a standard locale.alias file,
# although gdm will be able to read a standard locale.alias file as well.
LocaleFile=/etc/gdm/locale.alias
DefaultLocale=en_GB
# Logo shown in the standard greeter
Logo=/usr/share/pixmaps/gdmDebianLogo.xpm
# The standard greeter should shake if a user entered the wrong username or
# password. Kind of cool looking
Quiver=true
# The system menu is shown in the greeter
SystemMenu=true
# Note to distributors, if you wish to have a different Welcome string
# and wish to have this translated you can have entries such as
# Welcome[cs]=Vitejte na %n
# Just make sure the string is in utf-8
Welcome=Welcome to Alpha
# Don't allow user to move the standard greeter window. Only makes sense
# if TitleBar is on
LockPosition=false
# Set a position rather then just centering the window. If you enter
# negative values for the position it is taken as an offset from the
# right or bottom edge.
SetPosition=false
PositionX=0
PositionY=0
# Xinerama screen we use to display the greeter on. Not for true
# multihead, currently only works for Xinerama.
XineramaScreen=0
# Background settings for the standard greeter:
# Type can be 0=None, 1=Image, 2=Color
BackgroundType=2
BackgroundImage=
BackgroundScaleToFit=true
BackgroundColor=#363047
# XDMCP session should only get a color, this is the sanest setting since
# you don't want to take up too much bandwidth
BackgroundRemoteOnlyColor=true
# Program to run to draw the background in the standard greeter. Perhaps
# something like an xscreensaver hack or some such.
BackgroundProgram=
# if this is true then the background program is run always, otherwise
# it is only run when the BackgroundType is 0 (None)
RunBackgroundProgramAlways=false
# Show the chooser (you can choose a specific saved gnome session) session
ShowGnomeChooserSession=true
# Show the Failsafe sessions. These are much MUCH nicer (focus for xterm for
# example) and more failsafe then those supplied by scripts so distros should
# use this rather then just running an xterm from a script.
ShowGnomeFailsafeSession=true
ShowXtermFailsafeSession=true
# Always use 24 hour clock no matter what the locale.
Use24Clock=false
# Use circles in the password field. Looks kind of cool actually
UseCirclesInEntry=true
# These two keys are for the new greeter. Circles is the standard
# shipped theme
GraphicalTheme=happygnome
GraphicalThemeDir=/usr/share/gdm/themes/
# The chooser is what's displayed when a user wants an indirect XDMCP
# session
[chooser]
# Default image for hosts
DefaultHostImg=/usr/share/pixmaps/nohost.png
# Directory with host images, they are named by the hosts: host or host.png
HostImageDir=/usr/share/hosts/
# Time we scan for hosts (well only the time we tell the user we are
# scanning actually)
ScanTime=3
# A comma separated lists of hosts to automatically add (if they answer to
# a query of course). You can use this to reach hosts that broadcast cannot
# reach.
Hosts=
# Broadcast a query to get all hosts on the current network that answer
Broadcast=true
[debug]
# This will enable debugging into the syslog, usually not neccessary
# and it creates a LOT of spew of random stuff to the syslog. However it
# can be useful in determining when something is going very wrong.
Enable=false
[servers]
# These are the standard servers. You can add as many you want here
# and they will always be started. Each line must start with a unique
# number and that will be the display number of that server. Usually just
# the 0 server is used.
#0=Standard
#1=Standard
# Note the VTAllocation and FirstVT keys on linux. Don't add any vt<number>
# arguments if VTAllocation is on, and set FirstVT to be the first vt
# available that your gettys don't grab (gettys are usually dumb and grab
# even a vt that has already been taken). Using 7 will work pretty much for
# all linux distributions. VTAllocation is not currently implemented on
# anything but linux since I don't own any non-linux systems. Feel free to
# send patches. X servers will just not get any extra arguments then.
#
#Note: If you want to run an X terminal you could add an X server such as this
#0=Terminal -query serverhostname
# or for a chooser (optionally serverhostname could be localhost)
#0=Terminal -indirect serverhostname
0=Standard
# Definition of the standard X server.
[server-Standard]
name=Standard server
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp -deferglyphs 16 -dpi 100
flexible=true
# To use this server type you should add -query host or -indirect host
# to the command line
[server-Terminal]
name=Terminal server
# Add -terminate to make things behave more nicely
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -terminate
# Make this not appear in the flexible servers (we need extra params
# anyway, and terminate would be bad for xdmcp)
flexible=false
# Not local, we do not handle the logins for this X server
handled=false
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