RE: [gdm-list] gdm no longer prompts for login

["Benn Schreiber" <benn starwhite net>]

It's official: my problem was definitely a font-file protection problem.
The behavior was totally bizarre! Be warned...

Benn

-----Original Message-----
From: gdm-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:gdm-list-bounces gnome org] On
Behalf Of Benn Schreiber
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:30 PM
To: Brian Cameron Sun COM
Cc: gdm-list gnome org
Subject: RE: [gdm-list] gdm no longer prompts for login

Well, I haven't gone back to test gdm, but I now have the system working
with xdm, and I'm 80+% confident that it will work with gdm when I get a
chance to try it.

The issue with getting xdm working appears to have been incorrect
protections on some of the /usr/lib/X11/fonts/* directories and fonts. I
must have had a cockpit error when I hand-added (gasp!) a few fonts, and
I had my darkest sunglasses on when I looked at the protections
subsequently.

The good news is that I've (re)-learned how all this stuff is sequenced,
and re-remembered why I like to set it up, get it working, and then
leave it alone! But, this is a new lesson: if something doesn't work,
font protections can cause all sorts of bizarre non-obvious behaviors.

I will verify that gdm as soon as I have an opportunity and report back
to close the loop on this.

Benn

PS thanks for all your help and great ideas Brian...it got me pursuing
paths I wouldn't have gone down otherwise, and I was completely stuck.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Cameron Sun COM [mailto:Brian Cameron Sun COM] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 5:39 PM
To: Benn Schreiber
Cc: gdm-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [gdm-list] gdm no longer prompts for login


Benn:

Is it possible that you do not have a clean install of GDM?  Sounds
like perhaps you may have two versions running if they think the
configuration is located in two different places, since this value
is compiled into the code.

Brian

> Whoops...I did not have GDM running (was at runlevel 3). If I set to
> runlevel 5, then gdmflexiserver returns:
> 
> OK /etc/opt/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Benn
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Cameron Sun COM [mailto:Brian Cameron Sun COM] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 12:16 PM
> To: Benn Schreiber
> Cc: gdm-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [gdm-list] gdm no longer prompts for login
> 
> 
> Benn:
> 
> Could you tell me where the GDM configuration files are located
> on the server and the client?
> 
> Also, what does the command:
> 
>     gdmflexiserver --command="GET_CONFIG_FILE"
> 
> return on both machines?
> 
> Brian
> 
>> Help! I must have broken something, but I don't know what.
>>
>>  
>>
>> SUMMARY: Suse 10.1, and gdm was working fine on the :0 screen as well
> as 
>> on Xvnc. Something changed (or broke), and now the login screen never

>> comes up on :0, and Xvnc brings up a stippled gray window but never 
>> brings up the login box.
>>
>>  
>>
>> I've run gdm with debug true and have put the output at the end of
> this 
>> message. I tried running strace on the Xserver, but gdm seems to try
> to 
>> start strace with :0, which wasn't very useful. There are no 
>> iptables-dropped packets anywhere, so not a firewall issue.
>>
>>  
>>
>> I do know that Xsetup is getting called, but Xsession never gets
> invoked.
>>  
>>
>> Any hints as to how to debug this would be GREATLY appreciated!!!
>>
>>  
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>  
>>
>> **Benn**
>>
>>  
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: XDMCP: Start up on host xunil, port
> 177
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: gdm_start_first_unborn_local:
> Starting :0
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: loop check: last_start 0, last_loop
> 0, 
>> now: 1149004502, retry_count: 0
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: Resetting counts for loop of death 
>> detection
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave
> process 
>> for :0
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_slave_start: Loop Thingie
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2331]: Sending VT_NUM == -1 for slave 2331
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave:
> 2331
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: Accepting XDMCP connections...
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: Handling message: 'VT_NUM 2331 -1'
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: Got VT_NUM == -1
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_server_start: :0
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up 
>> access for :0
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up
> access
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up 
>> access for :0 - 1 entries
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2331]: Sending COOKIE == <secret> for slave
> 2331
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: Handling message: 'COOKIE 2331
60...'
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: Got COOKIE == <secret>
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2331]: Sending AUTHFILE == <secret> for
> slave 2331
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: Handling message: 'AUTHFILE 2331 
>> /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth'
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: Got AUTHFILE ==
/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2340]: gdm_server_spawn: '/usr/X11R6/bin/X
> :0 
>> -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt9'
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_server_spawn: Forked server on
> pid 2340
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_server_start: Completed :0!
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2331]: Sending VT_NUM == 9 for slave 2331
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: Handling message: 'VT_NUM 2331 9'
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: Got VT_NUM == 9
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2331]: Sending XPID == 2340 for slave 2331
>>
>> May 30 08:55:02 xunil gdm[2330]: Handling message: 'XPID 2331 2340'
>>
>> May 30 08:55:03 xunil gdm[2330]: Got XPID == 2340
>>
>> May 30 08:55:03 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_slave_run: Opening display :0
>>
>> May 30 08:55:03 xunil syslog-ng[2000]: syslog-ng version 1.6.8 going
> down
>> May 30 08:55:03 xunil syslog-ng[2353]: syslog-ng version 1.6.8
> starting
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil syslog-ng[2353]: Changing permissions on
special
> 
>> file /dev/xconsole
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil syslog-ng[2353]: Changing permissions on
special
> 
>> file /dev/tty10
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2330]: Handling message: 'START_NEXT_LOCAL'
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter
on
> :0
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid
> 2380
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2331]: Sending GREETPID == 2380 for slave
> 2331
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2330]: Handling message: 'GREETPID 2331
> 2380'
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2330]: Got GREETPID == 2380
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2330]: gdm_socket_handler: Accepting new 
>> connection fd 9
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2330]: Handling user message: 'VERSION'
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2330]: Handling user message:
> 'GET_CONFIG_FILE'
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2330]: Handling user message: 'CLOSE'
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2331]: term_quit: Final cleanup
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_slave_quick_exit: Will kill 
>> everything from the display
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_server_stop: Server for :0 going
> down!
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_server_stop: Killing server pid
> 2340
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_server_stop: Server pid 2340
dead
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2331]: gdm_slave_quick_exit: Killed
> everything 
>> from the display
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2330]: mainloop_sig_callback: Got signal 17
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2330]: gdm_cleanup_children: child 2331 
>> returned 65
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2330]: gdm_child_action: In remanage
>>
>> May 30 08:55:04 xunil gdm[2330]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 
>>
>>
>>
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