Re: [gdm-list] gdm does not start and "X: client 2 rejected from local host" log message

[Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com>]

Simone:

What version of GDM are you using?  You can tell by running one of
the following two commands:

$ gdmflexiserver --command=VERSION
$ gdmflexiserver --version

Try editing /etc/gdm/custom.conf and add a line that says "Enable=true"
after the line that says "[debug]" so it looks like this:

[debug]
Enable=true

Then reboot or restart GDM, and let the failure occur.  This will
generate more verbose debug messages in your syslog (either
/var/log/messages or /var/adm/messages depending on your system).
Do these debug messages highlight what might be going on?

I believe that LTSP uses XDMCP, so you may need to fine tune some
of the XDMCP configuration options to make things work.  Check
the "Configuration" section of the version of the GDM manual that
corresponds to the version of GDM you are using:

  http://library.gnome.org/admin/gdm/

Brian


On 05/31/10 08:05 PM, Simone wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   I always used gdm in a ltsp fat-client environment but recently, I
> don't know why, it stopped working. Gdm tries to start several times
> without success, then it starts trying with a 2 minutes delay, but
> always failing.
>
> gdm's log show several "client 2 rejected from local host" messages
> but I really don't know what they mean.
>
>      AUDIT: Tue Jun  1 20:01:46 2010: 4390 X: client 2 rejected from
> local host (uid 105)
>      AUDIT: Tue Jun  1 20:01:46 2010: 4390 X: client 2 rejected from
> local host (uid 105)
>      AUDIT: Tue Jun  1 20:01:46 2010: 4390 X: client 2 rejected from
> local host (uid 105)
>      AUDIT: Tue Jun  1 20:01:46 2010: 4390 X: client 2 rejected from
> local host (uid 105)
>
> "105" is the uid of the gdm user.
>
>
> The strange thing is that if I replace gdm with kdm or xdm they works fine!
>
> I also tried to reinstall gdm purging its configuration without any luck =\
>
>
> Any suggestment?
>
>
>   Thank you in advance! :),
> Simone
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