Re: Can't Log in
I'm having a similar problem on a Jessie install. I don't think it's the display manager. When I log in via the shell, I get an error message saying the user has no home directory and starts with the home directory of "/". Since I don't have permission to read anything on the root, it makes sense that Gnome conks out. I've made new users via Gnome's user manager and via /usr/sbin/adduser and I have the same problem.
--John
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 06:33:42PM -0700, ray wrote:
> Thank you all for the input.
>
> My 1.5 TB disk is not full; I only have Debian on it.
>
> I found I can login with the shell. As Lisi points out, this is probably a display manager issue.
>
> I logged in as root so I could use the GUI to make it easier to follow suggestions and record the results. Here is a view of findings (labled First - Sixth):
>
> First:
>
> cat ~/.vnc/xstartup
> #!/bin/sh
> # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
> # unset SESSION_MANAGER
> # exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
>
> [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
> [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
> xsetroot -solid grey
> vncconfig -iconic &
> x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
> x-window-manager &
>
> So I changed:
>
> x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
> to
> x-terminal-emulator -geometry 1920x1080 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
>
> This is what I had originally entered.
> So I rebooted, attempted a user login and it failed.
>
> Second:
>
> cat /etc/vncserver/vncservers.conf
> No such file or directory
>
> Here is a <snip> of the directory:
> gnome-vfs-mime-magic newt vdpau_wrapper.cfg
> GNUstep nsswitch.conf vim
> groff openal wgetrc
> cat /etc/init.d/vncserver
> No such file or directory
>
> I expected to see these but I don't know why they are not there.
>
> Third:
>
> /home/username/.xsession-errors
>
> # cat .xsession-errors
> Xsession: X session started for merusr at Sun Sep 20 16:57:40 CDT 2015
> localuser:merusr being added to access control list
> openConnection: connect: No such file or directory
> cannot connect to brltty at :0
> ** Message: main.vala:99: Session is LXDE
> ** Message: main.vala:100: DE is LXDE
> ** Message: main.vala:131: log directory: /home/merusr/.cache/lxsession/LXDE
> ** Message: main.vala:132: log path: /home/merusr/.cache/lxsession/LXDE/run.log
>
> Fourth:
>
> In
> /home/merusr/.cache/lxsession/LXDE
> # cat run.log
> ** Message: environement.vala:58: Exporting primary_variable
> ** Message: environement.vala:59: desktop_environnement XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
> ** Message: environement.vala:149: confir_dirs is null, export : /etc/xdg
> ** Message: environement.vala:183: Exporting XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
> ** Message: environement.vala:217: custom_data :/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/usr/share/gdm:/var/lib/menu-xdg:
> ** Message: environement.vala:218: data_dirs :/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/:/var/lib/menu-xdg/
> ** Message: environement.vala:219: data_dirs not null, export : /usr/local/share:/usr/share:/usr/share/gdm:/var/lib/menu-xdg:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/:/var/lib/menu-xdg/
> ** Message: environement.vala:224: Exporting XDG_DATA_DIRS
> ** Message: utils.vala:68: User config used : /home/merusr/.config/lxsession/LXDE/desktop.conf
> ** Message: utils.vala:89: Final file used : /home/merusr/.config/lxsession/LXDE/desktop.conf
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'iGtk/ColorScheme' in group 'GTK'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'windows_manager/extras' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'panel/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'dock/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'file_manager/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'desktop_manager/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'launcher_manager/autostart' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'composite_manager/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'im1/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'im2/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'widget1/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'notification/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'keybindings/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'screensaver/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'power_manager/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'audio_manager/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'workspace_manager/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'screenshot_manager/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'message_manager/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'upgrade_manager/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'upstart_user_session' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'proxy_manager/http' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'a11y/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'xrandr/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'network_gui/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'webbrowser/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'email/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'pdf_reader/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'video_player/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'audio_player/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'images_display/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'text_editor/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'archive/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'charmap/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'calculator/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'spreadsheet/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'bittorent/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'document/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'webcam/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'burn/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'notes/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'disk_utility/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'tasks/command' in group 'Session'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have group 'Keymap'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'laptop_mode' in group 'State'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'gnome' in group 'Dbus'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have group 'Updates'
> ** Message: settings.vala:527: Key file does not have key 'type' in group 'Environment'
> ** Message: settings.vala:449: Monitoring: /home/merusr/.config/lxsession/LXDE/desktop.conf
> ** Message: settings.vala:453: Desktop file is already in config home, do nothing
> ** Message: environement.vala:79: Exporting variable
> ** Message: environement.vala:80: desktop_environnement XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
> ** Message: environement.vala:176: custom_config :
> ** Message: environement.vala:177: config_dirs :/etc/xdg
> ** Message: environement.vala:178: confir_dirs not null, export : /etc/xdg
> ** Message: environement.vala:183: Exporting XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
> ** Message: environement.vala:217: custom_data :
> ** Message: environement.vala:218: data_dirs :/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/usr/share/gdm:/var/lib/menu-xdg:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/:/var/lib/menu-xdg/
> ** Message: environement.vala:219: data_dirs not null, export : /usr/local/share:/usr/share:/usr/share/gdm:/var/lib/menu-xdg:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/:/var/lib/menu-xdg/
> ** Message: environement.vala:224: Exporting XDG_DATA_DIRS
> ** Message: utils.vala:79: Config system location : /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE
> xprop: no such property "_NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS"
> xprop: no such property "_NET_DESKTOP_NAMES"
> ** Message: utils.vala:85: System system path location : /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/conffiles.conf
> ** Message: utils.vala:89: Final file used : /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/conffiles.conf
> ** Message: options.vala:164: Activate xsettings_manager build-in
> ** Message: utils.vala:68: User config used : /home/merusr/.config/lxsession/LXDE/desktop.conf
> ** Message: utils.vala:89: Final file used : /home/merusr/.config/lxsession/LXDE/desktop.conf
> ** Message: app.vala:717: polkit separate
> ** Message: app.vala:717: polkit separate
> ** Message: app.vala:76: Launching lxpolkit
> ** Message: utils.vala:68: User config used : /home/merusr/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart
> ** Message: utils.vala:89: Final file used : /home/merusr/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart
> ** Message: autostart.vala:42: Autostart path : /home/merusr/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart
> Obt-Message: Xinerama extension is not present on the server
> ** Message: app.vala:76: Launching lxpanel
> ** Message: app.vala:76: Launching pcmanfm
> ** Message: app.vala:76: Launching xscreensaver
> ** Message: options.vala:107: Create build-in Clipboard
> ** Message: main.vala:429: Check keymap_mode (null)
> ** Message: app.vala:76: Launching /usr/bin/ssh-agent
> SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-ePGfvxeKXyVq/agent.1573; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
> SSH_AGENT_PID=1575; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
> echo Agent pid 1575;
> ** Message: app.vala:130: /usr/bin/ssh-agent exit with this type of exit: 0
> Openbox-Message: Unable to find a valid menu file "/usr/share/lxde/openbox/menu.xml"
>
> This "Unable to find" is not uncommon.
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=644756
> This message states:
> The file obviously exists.
>
> When symlinking this file into $HOME/.config/openbox/, it works as expected,
> which shows the file generated by update-menus is correct.
>
> I do not know what really needs to be done here. But further down the message it says the bug was fixed (2011).
>
> Fifth:
>
> I recorded this but I don't recall just how I got it -
>
> :/usr/share/lxde# ls -a
> . .. images wallpapers
>
> (nm-applet:1614): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkButton:use-stock is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
>
> (nm-applet:1614): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkSettings:gtk-button-images is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
>
> (nm-applet:1614): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkMisc:yalign is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
>
> (nm-applet:1614): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkImage:stock is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
>
> (nm-applet:1614): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkSettings:gtk-menu-images is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
>
> ** (zeitgeist-datahub:1589): WARNING **: zeitgeist-datahub.vala:226: Unable to get name "org.gnome.zeitgeist.datahub" on the bus!
> ** Message: x-terminal-emulator has very limited support, consider choose another terminal
> ** Message: x-terminal-emulator has very limited support, consider choose another terminal
>
> (process:1808): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
>
> (process:1851): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
> console.error:
> [CustomizableUI]
> Custom widget with id loop-button does not return a valid node
>
> (lxpanel:1561): Wnck-WARNING **: Unhandled action type _OB_WM_ACTION_UNDECORATE
> console.error:
> [CustomizableUI]
> Custom widget with id loop-button does not return a valid node
>
> (lxpanel:1561): Wnck-WARNING **: Unhandled action type _OB_WM_ACTION_UNDECORATE
>
> (lxpanel:1561): Wnck-WARNING **: Unhandled action type _OB_WM_ACTION_UNDECORATE
> lxpolkit: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.
> XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
> after 14703 requests (14703 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> pcmanfm: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.
> clipit: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.
>
> (nm-applet:1614): Gdk-WARNING **: nm-applet: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.
>
> x-www-browser: Fatal IO error 0 (Success) on X server :0.0.
> g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting.
> g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting.
> root@RoxTor:/home/merusr/.cache/lxsession/LXDE#
>
> Sixth:
>
> # apt-get purge --auto-remove vnc4server
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> vnc4server*
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 367 not upgraded.
> After this operation, 5,276 kB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
> (Reading database ... 150759 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing vnc4server (4.1.1+X4.3.0-37.6+b1) ...
> Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.2-1) ...
>
> I rebooted after this. Subsequent user login failed.
>
> My next step will be to add two new users and then install vnc4server again to see what happens.
>
> I am attempting to use vnc4server as I have read the gnome solution for remote desktop does not work in stretch. Maybe I should test the installation problem.
>
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