Solved, re: xdm login infinite loop
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:35 +0200, "Javier Barroso"
<javibarroso@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:22 PM, <whollygoat@letterboxes.org> wrote:
> > I can't login in graphically. My password is
> > accepted, the screen goes blank and flickers like
> > when it is starting up a session, then just
> > returns me to the login display.
> >
> > I'm using xfce and xdm on a thinkpad i series
> > laptop.
> >
> > I know my password is being accepted because
> > the screen behaviour is different for a wrong
> > password.
> >
> > /var/log/Xorg.0.log, /var/log/xdm.log and /var/log/auth.log
> > are all being touched without any input being added
> > to the files. In fact, xdm.log and Xorg.0.log are
> > both zero length files (nothing has been written
> > to them.
> >
> > The only messages are in .xsession-errors, but
> > googling seems to indicate that they are innocuous:
> >
> > ----- .xsession-errors excerpt ------
> > ** (x-session-manager:2398): WARNING **: xfsm-shutdown-helper.c:134:
> > Failed to contact HAL: Rejected send message, 3 matched rules;
> > type="method_call", sender=":1.6" (uid=1000 pid=2398
> > comm="x-session-manager ")
> > interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement"
> > member="ThisMethodMustNotExistInHal" error name="(unset)"
> > requested_reply=0 destination="org.freedesktop.Hal" (uid=0 pid=2175
> > comm="/usr/sbin/hald "))
> > ** Message: xfsm-shutdown-helper.c:215: HAL not available or does not
> > permit to shutdown/reboot the computer, trying sudo fallback instead.
> > xfce4-tips: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X
> > server :0.0.
> > xfce-mcs-manager: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable)
> > on X server :0.0.
> > --------- end excerpt -------------
>
> It is likely hal is not working for you. What does /etc/init.d/hal status
> say ?
"hald is running". The problem, it turns out,
was related to the zero length xdm.log and Xorg.0.log
files. They were zero lenth because the partition
they were on was full. As soon as I fixed the
space problem, the xdm login loop was broken. I guess
something wanted absolutely to write to the logs before
it would create a session.
Thanks. Sorry I didn't terminate the thread.
will
Now, if only I could figure out why the vt's all go black
after starting X
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