I had the same problem and it isn't gdm, rather it has to do with a broken ssh-agent. I just commented out the lines in /etc/gdm/sessions/Gnome that start ssh-agent and it seemd to work after that. I have attached the session file on my system. (I don't really know if this was the most correct way to fix it but it serves me well) David Monarres ayeq@yahoo.com On Wed, 11 Apr 2001 18:56:47 Miles Bader wrote: > As of today I can't login via gdm anymore; it accepts my userid and > password, restarts X, and then just restarts X again and shows the gdm > login dialog. > > /var/log/auth.log shows something like: > > Apr 12 10:44:28 mcspd15 PAM_unix[8872]: (gdm) session opened for user > miles by (uid=0) > Apr 12 10:44:29 mcspd15 PAM_unix[8864]: (gdm) session closed for user > miles > > /var/log/XFree86.0.log shows nothing unusual (no error messages or > anything). > > Another message on this list (subject `startx not working') mentions a > similar problem, and someone replied that the `libpam0g' package was > somehow involved; I tried replacing that package with the version from > testing, but the same problem still occurs. > > Does anyone have any idea how to work around this problem? I'd really > like to use X! > > Thanks, > > -Miles > > p.s. Please keep me in To/CC; I don't read this mailing list directly. > -- > Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, > pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come. --Nietzsche > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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