gdm does not work

[Bertrand Guiheneuf <bertrand guiheneuf inria fr>]

cvs version. 20-01-99  10h00 GMT
RH5.2

installed with make install in gdm

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 >> groups gdm
gdm: gdm
>> groups root
root: root bin daemon  wheel gdm

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/var/log/message:
Jan 20 13:30:51 localhost kernel: Partition check:
Jan 20 13:30:51 localhost kernel:  hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 >
Jan 20 13:30:51 localhost kernel:  hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 hdb6
hdb7 >
Jan 20 13:30:51 localhost kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
readonly.
Jan 20 13:30:51 localhost kernel: Adding Swap: 128516k swap-space
(priority -1)
Jan 20 13:31:04 localhost gdmgreeter[176]: No default session link
found. Using
^HO^H^H^L^G.
Jan 20 13:32:00 localhost PAM_pwdb[175]: (gdm) session opened for user
guiheneu
by (uid=0)
Jan 20 13:32:00 localhost gdm[177]: gdm_slave_session_init: Could not
start sess
ion `/opt/GNOME/etc/gdm/Sessions/^HO^H^H'
Jan 20 13:32:00 localhost PAM_pwdb[177]: (gdm) session closed for user
guiheneu

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ls -l /opt/GNOME/var/
total 2
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     games        1024 Jan 19 12:38 games
drwxr-x---   2 gdm      gdm          1024 Jan 20 13:35 gdm

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 ls -l /opt/GNOME/var/gdm/
total 921
-rw-r--r--   1 root     gdm          3022 Jan 20 13:36 :0.log
-rw-r-----   1 root     gdm            50 Jan 20 13:35 :0.xauth

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 cat /opt/GNOME/var/gdm/:0.log
/usr/X11R6/bin/xauth:  creating new authority file
/opt/GNOME/var/gdm/:0.xauth

XFree86 Version 3.3.2.3 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: July 15 1998
        If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer
        than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
        problems.  (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.0.34 i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
  S3: accelerated server for S3 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0)
      newmmio, mmio_928, s3_generic
(using VT number 7)

XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keycodes: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: types: "default"
(**) XKB: compat: "default"
(**) XKB: symbols: "us(pc101)"
(**) XKB: geometry: "pc"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) XKB: layout: "fr"
(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/psaux, buttons: 3
(**) Mouse: 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) S3: Graphics device ID: "Trio32/Trio64"
(**) S3: Monitor ID: "My Monitor"
(--) S3: Invalid vertical timing for mode "400x300". Deleted.
Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" does not
exist.
         Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"

(--) S3: PCI: Trio32/64 rev 53, Linear FB @ 0xf8000000
(--) S3: chipset:   Trio64V+ rev. 53
(--) S3: chipset driver: newmmio
(--) S3: card type: PCI
(--) S3: videoram:  2048k
(--) S3: Ramdac type: s3_trio64
(--) S3: Ramdac speed: 135 MHz
(--) S3: Using Trio32/64 programmable clock (MCLK 59.957 MHz)
(--) S3: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 95.000 MHz
(**) S3: Mode "1024x768": mode clock =  85.000
(**) S3: Using 16 bpp.  Color weight: 565
(**) S3: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
(--) S3: Local bus LAW is 0xF8000000
(--) S3: Using a banksize of 2048k, line width of 1024
(--) S3: Using a single 64x64 area at (960,769) for expanding pixmaps
(--) S3: Using 16 planes of 960x255 at (0,769) aligned 8 as font cache
Unable to connect to server port 35091
This generally means that the program could not talk to the esound
server

Gdk-ERROR **: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
  serial 2376 error_code 10 request_code 129 minor_code 1

aborting...
Unable to connect to server port 35091
This generally means that the program could not talk to the esound
server
Xlib: sequence lost (0x1a490 > 0x5e2) in reply type 0x90!
Xlib: sequence lost (0x1ef5d > 0x5e2) in reply type 0x9d!
Xlib: sequence lost (0x10861 > 0x5e2) in reply type 0x41!
Xlib: sequence lost (0x13165 > 0x5e2) in reply type 0x89!
Xlib: sequence lost (0x10000 > 0x5e2) in reply type 0x40!
Xlib: sequence lost (0x13186 > 0x5e2) in reply type 0x0!

Gdk-ERROR **: 0
  serial 12678 error_code 0 request_code 158 minor_code 28

aborting...
Unable to connect to server port 35091
This generally means that the program could not talk to the esound
server