Re: [gdm-list] gdm & pam/ldap

["Ray Strode" <halfline gmail com>]

Hi,

> > In order to generate the list of names, it calls into nsswitch
>
> Well, this might be related to the problem, because nss_ldap ("server
> unavailable") are ubiquitous in gdm.log. On the other hand, nss_ldap
> failures are 'normal', I believe.
That doesn't sound normal to me, but I haven't configured a system to
use ldap in a long time, so I don't know.

> > Which greeter are you using? the graphical greeter or the plain
> > greeter?  Can you attach your /etc/gdm/custom.conf and
> > /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf?
>
> I'm using the graphical greeter.
>
>     gdm/custom.conf  =>  http://rafb.net/p/kXih4D34.html
>     gdm/defaults.conf  =>  http://rafb.net/p/czJ35d30.html
>
> The only thing I've changed is the theme, in custom.conf.

So the one key I was curious about was IncludeAll.  That's why I asked
fro custom.conf and defaults.conf.

In defaults.conf it is set to true, which I would believe could cause
a slow down.  In custom.conf it's set to false.  custom.conf should
take precedence over defaults.conf, unless you've made the change
recently and haven't restarted gdm (or run gdmflexiserver -c
"UPDATE_CONFIG greeter/IncludeAll").

Anyway, you might try running gdm-restart to see if that fixes your
slowdown.  Otherwise, I'd investigate the nss_ldap failures you are
seeing, if I were you.

You might also try adding something like,

*.* /var/log/debug_messages

to /etc/syslog.conf and restarting syslog to see if anything
interesting shows up in debug_messages

or try adding Enable=true to the [debug] section of
/etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf to see if it provides any more insight in
/var/log/messages.

--Ray