GDM not loading????? help
Hi,
After recently rebooting, I found that gdm no longer worked. -- Now, I
don't know what exactly I did to make it stop working, but now, when it
loads up, all I get is a grey screen with the "loading" watch as mouse
(which I can move aroud).
startx and xdm work fine, however, when I tried them.
I looked at syslog and found the following:
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: gdm_main: Here we go...
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: gdm_start_first_unborn_local: Starting
:0
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Resetting counts for loop of death
detection
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 1973
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process
for :0
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_slave_start: Loop Thingie
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending VT_NUM == -1 for slave 1973
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending VT_NUM 1973 -1
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Handling message: 'VT_NUM 1973 -1'
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Got VT_NUM == -1
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_server_start: :0
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up
access for :0
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up
socket access
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up
network access
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up
access for :0 - 5 entries
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending COOKIE == <secret> for slave
1973
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending COOKIE 1973
adafe50e062a7c86e4f3746b6425db69
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0
got USR2 signal
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Handling message: 'COOKIE 1973 ad...'
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Got COOKIE == <secret>
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0
got USR2 signal
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1974]: gdm_server_spawn: '/usr/bin/X11/X :0
-deferglyphs 16 -nolisten tcp -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth vt7'
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_server_spawn: Forked server on pid
1974
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_server_start: Completed :0!
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending VT_NUM == 7 for slave 1973
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending VT_NUM 1973 7
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_server_usr1_handler:
Got SIGUSR1, server running
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Handling message: 'VT_NUM 1973 7'
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Got VT_NUM == 7
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending XPID == 1974 for slave 1973
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending XPID 1973 1974
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0
got USR2 signal
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Handling message: 'XPID 1973 1974'
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Got XPID == 1974
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_slave_run: Opening display :0
Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0
got USR2 signal
Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending START_NEXT_LOCAL
Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0
Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1972]: Handling message: 'START_NEXT_LOCAL'
Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 1978
Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_child_handler
Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_child_handler
Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_child_handler:
1978 died
Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_child_handler:
1978 returned 127
Now, its strange because it doesn't end but it keeps starting
gdm_slave_child_handler and it keeps dying. I don't really know what to
do. I did an strace of gdm, but that didn't tell me anything readable.
I've even tried reinstalling (first unstable version, then testing) and
deleting /etc/X11/gdm, but it did not help.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Li Zhou
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