I've just upgrade from Debian 2.1 to unstable, and i have everything working except gdm. X comes up, and i can see that /etc/gdm/Init/Default is being run because the xsetroot command there turns the background blue, but this script does not complete because the xterm it's supposed to run never appears. Then X dies. This happens about 5 more times, and then i'm left with X running, along with my xterm and gdmlogin. gdm is no longer running at this point. gdmlogin reads in my username and password, but then disappears, but both X and the xterm are still running. I have to ctrl-alt-backspace it. Attached are the relevant parts of /var/log/syslog and the only two files i've modified from the default debian install, /etc/gdm/Init/Default and /etc/gdm/gdm.conf. -- Eric Gillespie, Jr. <*> epg@pobox.com "Let us be thankful we have commerce. Buy more. Buy more now. Buy. And be happy." --OMM (THX 1138)
#!/bin/sh xterm& /usr/bin/X11/xsetroot -solid "#007777"
[daemon] Chooser=/usr/bin/gdmchooser --disable-sound --disable-crash-dialog DefaultPath=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games DisplayInitDir=/etc/gdm/Init Greeter=/usr/bin/gdmlogin --disable-sound --disable-crash-dialog Group=gdm HaltCommand=/sbin/shutdown -h now "Halted from gdm menu." KillInitClients=0 LogDir=/var/log/gdm PidFile=/var/run/gdm.pid PostSessionScriptDir=/etc/gdm/PostSession PreSessionScriptDir=/etc/gdm/PreSession RebootCommand=/sbin/shutdown -r now "Rebooted from gdm menu." RootPath=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/games ServAuthDir=/var/lib/gdm SessionDir=/etc/gdm/Sessions User=gdm UserAuthDir= UserAuthFBDir=/tmp UserAuthFile=.Xauthority [security] AllowRoot=0 RelaxPermissions=0 RetryDelay=0 UserMaxFile=65536 VerboseAuth=0 [xdmcp] Enable=0 HonorIndirect=0 MaxPending=4 MaxPendingIndirect=4 MaxSessions=16 MaxWait=30 MaxWaitIndirect=30 Port=177 [gui] GtkRC= MaxIconWidth=128 MaxIconHeight=128 [greeter] Browser=1 DefaultFace=/usr/share/pixmaps/nobody.png DefaultLocale=english Exclude=root,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,sashroot,mp3,ftp,identd,rwhod,telnetd,gdm Font=-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-180-*-*-*-*-*-* GlobalFaceDir=/usr/share/faces Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gdm.xpm LocaleFile=/etc/locale.alias Logo=/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-logo-large.png Quiver=1 # set SystemMenu to 1 if you want to reboot/shutdown without logging in SystemMenu=1 Welcome=Welcome to %n [chooser] DefaultHostImg=/usr/share/pixmaps/nohost.png HostImageDir=/usr/share/hosts ScanTime=3 [debug] Enable=1 [servers] 0=/usr/bin/X11/X # this second line starts up :1 on vt8 # 1=/usr/bin/X11/X vt8
Apr 10 02:19:53 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_main: Here we go... Apr 10 02:19:53 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_local_servers_start: Starting :0 Apr 10 02:19:53 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: :0 Apr 10 02:19:53 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Apr 10 02:19:53 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Apr 10 02:19:53 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Apr 10 02:19:53 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 2 entries Apr 10 02:19:53 trantor gdm[382]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth :0' Apr 10 02:19:53 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting display :0! Apr 10 02:19:53 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Apr 10 02:19:53 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 383 Apr 10 02:19:53 trantor gdm[383]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Apr 10 02:19:53 trantor gdm[383]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0 Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[383]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[383]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 389 Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: child 383 returned 0 Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: :0 Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_action: Slave process returned 0 Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: :0 Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: Old server found (382). Killing. Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_stop: Server for :0 going down! Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 2 entries Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[390]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth :0' Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting display :0! Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 391 Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[391]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Apr 10 02:19:58 trantor gdm[391]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0 Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[391]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[391]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 397 Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: child 391 returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: :0 Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_action: Slave process returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: :0 Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: Old server found (390). Killing. Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_stop: Server for :0 going down! Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 2 entries Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[398]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth :0' Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting display :0! Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 399 Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[399]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Apr 10 02:20:00 trantor gdm[399]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0 Apr 10 02:20:02 trantor gdm[399]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Apr 10 02:20:02 trantor gdm[399]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 405 Apr 10 02:20:02 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: child 399 returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:02 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: :0 Apr 10 02:20:02 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_action: Slave process returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:02 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: :0 Apr 10 02:20:02 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: Old server found (398). Killing. Apr 10 02:20:02 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_stop: Server for :0 going down! Apr 10 02:20:03 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Apr 10 02:20:03 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Apr 10 02:20:03 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Apr 10 02:20:03 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 2 entries Apr 10 02:20:03 trantor gdm[406]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth :0' Apr 10 02:20:03 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting display :0! Apr 10 02:20:03 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Apr 10 02:20:03 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 407 Apr 10 02:20:03 trantor gdm[407]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Apr 10 02:20:03 trantor gdm[407]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0 Apr 10 02:20:04 trantor gdm[407]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Apr 10 02:20:04 trantor gdm[407]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 413 Apr 10 02:20:04 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: child 407 returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:04 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: :0 Apr 10 02:20:04 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_action: Slave process returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:04 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: :0 Apr 10 02:20:04 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: Old server found (406). Killing. Apr 10 02:20:04 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_stop: Server for :0 going down! Apr 10 02:20:05 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Apr 10 02:20:05 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Apr 10 02:20:05 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Apr 10 02:20:05 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 2 entries Apr 10 02:20:05 trantor gdm[414]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth :0' Apr 10 02:20:05 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting display :0! Apr 10 02:20:05 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Apr 10 02:20:05 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 415 Apr 10 02:20:05 trantor gdm[415]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Apr 10 02:20:05 trantor gdm[415]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0 Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[415]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[415]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 421 Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: child 415 returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: :0 Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_action: Slave process returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: :0 Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: Old server found (414). Killing. Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_stop: Server for :0 going down! Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 2 entries Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[422]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth :0' Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting display :0! Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 423 Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[423]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Apr 10 02:20:07 trantor gdm[423]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0 Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[423]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[423]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 429 Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: child 423 returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: :0 Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_action: Slave process returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: :0 Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: Old server found (422). Killing. Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_stop: Server for :0 going down! Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 2 entries Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[430]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth :0' Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting display :0! Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 431 Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[431]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Apr 10 02:20:09 trantor gdm[431]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0 Apr 10 02:20:11 trantor gdm[431]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Apr 10 02:20:11 trantor gdm[431]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 437 Apr 10 02:20:11 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: child 431 returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:11 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: :0 Apr 10 02:20:11 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_action: Slave process returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:11 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: :0 Apr 10 02:20:11 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: Old server found (430). Killing. Apr 10 02:20:11 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_stop: Server for :0 going down! Apr 10 02:20:11 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Apr 10 02:20:11 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Apr 10 02:20:11 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Apr 10 02:20:11 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 2 entries Apr 10 02:20:11 trantor gdm[438]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth :0' Apr 10 02:20:12 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting display :0! Apr 10 02:20:12 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Apr 10 02:20:12 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 439 Apr 10 02:20:12 trantor gdm[439]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Apr 10 02:20:12 trantor gdm[439]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0 Apr 10 02:20:13 trantor gdm[439]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Apr 10 02:20:13 trantor gdm[439]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 445 Apr 10 02:20:13 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: child 439 returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:13 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: :0 Apr 10 02:20:13 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_action: Slave process returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:13 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: :0 Apr 10 02:20:13 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: Old server found (438). Killing. Apr 10 02:20:13 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_stop: Server for :0 going down! Apr 10 02:20:14 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Apr 10 02:20:14 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Apr 10 02:20:14 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Apr 10 02:20:14 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 2 entries Apr 10 02:20:14 trantor gdm[446]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth :0' Apr 10 02:20:14 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting display :0! Apr 10 02:20:14 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Apr 10 02:20:14 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 447 Apr 10 02:20:14 trantor gdm[447]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Apr 10 02:20:14 trantor gdm[447]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0 Apr 10 02:20:15 trantor gdm[447]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Apr 10 02:20:15 trantor gdm[447]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 453 Apr 10 02:20:15 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: child 447 returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:15 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_handler: :0 Apr 10 02:20:15 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_child_action: Slave process returned 0 Apr 10 02:20:15 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: :0 Apr 10 02:20:15 trantor gdm[378]: gdm_server_start: Server respawning too rapidly. Disabled for 5 minutes. Apr 10 02:20:18 trantor gdmlogin[453]: gdm_login_user_alloc: does not exist and must. Apr 10 02:20:18 trantor last message repeated 2 times
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