Re: [gdm-list] GDM D-Bus on Solaris

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM>]

Jon:

> On 8/31/07, Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron sun com> wrote:
> > However, the greeter doesn't seem particularly functional for starting my
> > session.  A dialog comes up and asks "Prompt".  If I type something and
> > hit the OK button, the dialog disappears and things just hang.  If I hit
> > the Cancel button it also does the same thing.
>
> If it says "Prompt" that means that it isn't being commanded by the
> GdmSession to ask a particular question.  And indicates a problem...

Ok, thanks.

> > Do I need to install libpam-ck-connector or something?  I notice the following
> > debug messages in my syslog.  It seems that the greeter is sending my
> > username, but the answer is empty for some reason.  I think the DBUS
> > destroyed message might have been caused by my killing the Xserver with
> > Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, but am not sure.
>
> No you don't need libpam-ck-connector.  Seems like one of the
> processes is dying.  Can you try attaching a debugger to the various
> gdm processes to find out what is going on?

Could you explain what processes should be running when the new GDM is
working properly?  It would be helpful if you could give me a feeling
for how the processes talk to each other.  I assume it is a bit
different than the old daemon/slave-daemon/GUI model?

Brian