With debugging turned on in gdm.conf, I get the following log messages: Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: gdm_main: Here we go... Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: gdm_start_first_unborn_local: Starting :0 Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: loop check: last_start 0, last_loop 0, now: 1140391218, retry_count: 0 Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Resetting counts for loop of death detection Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_slave_start: Loop Thingie Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending VT_NUM == -1 for slave 6225 Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 6225 Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'VT_NUM 6225 -1' Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Got VT_NUM == -1 Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_server_start: :0 Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 1 entries Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending COOKIE == <secret> for slave 6225 Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'COOKIE 6225 0e...' Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Got COOKIE == <secret> Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending AUTHFILE == <secret> for slave 6225 Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'AUTHFILE 6225 /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth' Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Got AUTHFILE == /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6230]: gdm_server_spawn: '/usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -dpi 96 -audit 0 -config xorg.conf.comp -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp' Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_server_spawn: Forked server on pid 6230 Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_server_start: Completed :0! Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending VT_NUM == 5 for slave 6225 Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'VT_NUM 6225 5' Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Got VT_NUM == 5 Feb 19 23:20:19 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending XPID == 6230 for slave 6225 Feb 19 23:20:19 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'XPID 6225 6230' Feb 19 23:20:19 xerces gdm[6224]: Got XPID == 6230 Feb 19 23:20:19 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_slave_run: Opening display :0 Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'START_NEXT_LOCAL' Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: gdm_socket_handler: Accepting new connection fd 8 Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling user message: 'VERSION' Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling user message: 'GET_CONFIG_FILE' Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling user message: 'CLOSE' Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 6239 Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending GREETPID == 6239 for slave 6225 Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'GREETPID 6225 6239' Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: Got GREETPID == 6239 Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_slave_wait_for_login: In loop Feb 19 23:20:55 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending QUERYLOGIN == <secret> for slave 6225 Feb 19 23:20:55 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'QUERYLOGIN 6225 sam' Feb 19 23:20:55 xerces gdm[6224]: Got QUERYLOGIN sam
GDM hangs at this point until I kill it. I think I'll send this bug upstream since there has been no activity here. :) -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
