Re: gdm: please help me!!!

[Ben Rockwood <benr slip net>]

Try setting KillInitClients=0
Also, remove all the PID files for GDM (/var/run/GDM.PID).  I'm assuming
you've tried a reboot for flushing purposes.  
The best way to test GDM is to start GDMgreet from within X.  It
doesn't do anything useful, because you're already logged in, but you
can do some troubleshooting that way.  Make sure you're starting GDM
as root.  This happened to me too, but I can't remember exsactly what
the problem was.... what I CAN tell you is that something (I don't
see a problem from your GDM.conf, but...) is wrong with your gdm.conf.
It might be a permissioning problem with some of the involved directories.

On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Riccardo Persichetti wrote:

> I've got sources of gnome, compiled, installed and everything is ok.
> I'm running Debian 2.1.
> 
> But gdm doesn't work: when i launch it, it starts the X server, set the root
> color, wait a few seconds and then kill X server.
> It does so in a never-ending loop.
> 
> To help you to help me :-)
> here are two files:
> 
> syslog
> ------
> Apr  1 18:03:10 ricpersi gdm[187]: gdm_config_parse: Invalid server line in
> config file. Ignoring!
> Apr  1 18:03:10 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_main: Here we go...
> Apr  1 18:03:10 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_local_servers_start: Starting :0
> Apr  1 18:03:10 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_server_start: :0
> Apr  1 18:03:10 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Securing :0
> Apr  1 18:03:10 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Could not
> unlink /opt/gnome/var/gdm/:0.xauth file: No such file or directory
> Apr  1 18:03:10 ricpersi gdm[190]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X -auth
> /opt/gnome/var/gdm/:0.xauth :0'
> Apr  1 18:03:11 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting
> display :0!
> Apr  1 18:03:11 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0
> Apr  1 18:03:15 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0
> Apr  1 18:03:15 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 192... 
> Apr  1 18:03:15 ricpersi gdm[192]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process
> for :0
> Apr  1 18:03:15 ricpersi gdm[192]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0
> Apr  1 18:03:15 ricpersi gdm[192]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0
> Apr  1 18:04:14 ricpersi gdm[192]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 198
> Apr  1 18:04:14 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_child_handler: child 190 returned 0
> Apr  1 18:04:14 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_child_action: :0
> Apr  1 18:04:14 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_server_start: :0
> Apr  1 18:04:14 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Securing :0
> Apr  1 18:04:14 ricpersi gdm[200]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X -auth
> /opt/gnome/var/gdm/:0.xauth :0'
> Apr  1 18:04:14 ricpersi gdm[188]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting
> display :0!
> 
> gdm.conf
> --------
> [appearance]
> Browser=1
> Completion=1
> Logo=1
> LogoImage=/opt/gnome/share/pixmaps/gnome-logo-large.png
> NoFaceImage=/opt/gnome/share/pixmaps/nophoto.png
> GlobalImageDir=
> Quiver=1
> Iconify=1
> IconFile=/opt/gnome/share/pixmaps/gdm.xpm
> Gtkrc=
> 
> [system]
> ShutdownMenu=1
> SuspendCommand=
> UserFileCutoffSize=65536
> UserIconMaxWidth=128
> UserIconMaxHeight=128
> DefaultPath=/opt/gnome/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/bin:/bin
> 
> [messages]
> Welcome=Welcome to %h
> 
> [daemon]
> SessionDir=/opt/gnome/etc/gdm/Sessions
> PidFile=/var/run/gdm.pid
> Greeter=/opt/gnome/bin/gdmgreeter
> Chooser=/opt/gnome/bin/gdmchooser
> User=gdm
> Group=gdm
> DisplayInitDir=/opt/gnome/etc/gdm/Init
> KillInitClients=1
> PreSessionScriptDir=/opt/gnome/etc/gdm/PreSession
> PostSessionScriptDir=/opt/gnome/etc/gdm/PostSession
> AuthDir=/opt/gnome/var/gdm
> LogDir=/opt/gnome/var/gdm
> 
> [servers]
> 0=/usr/bin/X11/X
> #1=/usr/bin/X11/X
> 
> [xdmcp]
> Enable=0
> MaxLoadAvg=10
> MaxPending=4
> MaxManageWait=20
> MaxSessions=4
> Port=177
> 
> [chooser]
> ImageDir=
> DefaultImage=/opt/gnome/share/pixmaps/nohost.png
> 
> [debug]
> Enable=1
> 
> 
> Please I really need your help, i've tried all the way i could but I FAILED!!!
> 
> Thanks
> 
>   Riccardo
> 
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