Re: The "Oh, No..." error when gdm is trying to start
On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:08:27 -0500, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
(...)
>>> This crash happens before GDM offers the list of users, so I don't
>>> understand how it could be related to a config problem in a user
>>> account. Right? Everybody says "check ~/.xsession-errors", but why?
>>
>> (...)
>>
>> Because that file registers the reason of the gnome-shell crash, so
>> what does it say? :-)
>>
>>
> I will check. But you seem not to understand something. This "Oh,
> NO.." error happens before anyone is allowed to log in.
Fine. If GDM/greeter is that crashes (and not gnome-shell) then you can
also look at the "other" logs ("/var/log/gdm3/*") ;-)
> If no user is logged in--no user has even had a chance to enter a
> password because the graphical login display never starts--there would
> be no trace of trouble in ~/.xsession-errors because there is no X
> session.
The X server has to be started but anyway, if you can't reach the login
manager, jumping to a tty and manually starting an X session (startx or
init 3) can give you some hints about the error printed in the screen.
> The trouble is before that.
Okay, you mean the file it's irrelevant for you situation, right? But
that's why users point you to the "~/.xsession-errors" file, becasue the
above error is "usually" generated by gnome-shell "once" you login.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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