Package: gdm
Version: 2.20.10-1
Severity: important
On logging in from gdm, I'm dropped in a default session (no wm, no
gnome, etc.) It appears that /etc/gdm/Xsession is not trying to
execute a gnome-session. (See attached .xsession-errors, in
particular the line 'echo "$0: Executing $command failed, will try to
run x-terminal-emulator"' and the absence of actually executing
$command.)
I'm not sure what the right fix for this is and would prefer not to
start with hacks to files like /etc/gdm/Xsession.
I suspect this is a matter of misconfiguration somewhere rather than
outright bug, although perhaps that leaves a bug concerning a missing
error message somewhere.
Pointers much appreciated.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii adduser 3.111 add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy
ii gksu 2.0.2-2+b1 graphical frontend to su
ii gnome-session [x-session-ma 2.26.2-1 The GNOME Session Manager
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal- 2.28.1-1 The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.20-2 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.28.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libattr1 1:2.4.44-1 Extended attribute shared library
ii libaudit0 1.7.13-1 Dynamic library for security audit
ii libc6 2.10.1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.8.8-2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.16-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.82-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdmx1 1:1.0.2-3 X11 Distributed Multihead extensio
ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-4 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.11-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.4-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.22.2-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.26.0-1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.18.3-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libpam-modules 1.1.0-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.0-4 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 1.1.0-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.26.0-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii librsvg2-2 2.26.0-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii librsvg2-common 2.26.0-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii libselinux1 2.0.88-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-18 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii libx11-6 2:1.2.2-1 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.5-1 X11 authorisation library
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.2-3 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxi6 2:1.2.1-2 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.7.6.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.28.0-2 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii sawfish [x-window-manager] 1:1.3.5.2-1 a window manager for X11
ii twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.4-2 Tab window manager
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 250-1 X terminal emulator
Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii dialog 1.1-20080819-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii gdm-themes 0.6.2 Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii whiptail 0.52.10-4.1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.6.5-1 nested X server
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.4+4 the X.Org X server
ii zenity 2.28.0-1 Display graphical dialog boxes fro
Versions of packages gdm suggests:
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 2.28.1-1 PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii locales 2.10.1-7 GNU C Library: National Language (
ii pm-utils 1.2.5-4 utilities and scripts for power ma
-- debconf information:
gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm
#!/bin/sh -xv
#
# This is SORT OF LIKE an X session, but not quite. You get a command as the
# first argument (it could be multiple words, so run it with "eval"). As a
# special case, the command can be:
# failsafe - Run an xterm only
# default - Run the appropriate Xclients startup (see the code below)
# custom - Run ~/.xsession and if that's not available run 'default'
#
# (Note that other arguments could also follow, but only the command one is
# right now relevant and supported)
#
# The output is ALREADY redirected to .xsession-errors in GDM. This way
# .xsession-errors actually gets more output such as if the PreSession script
# is failing. This also prevents DoS attacks if some app in the users session
# can be prodded to dump lots of stuff on the stdout/stderr. We wish to be
# robust don't we? In case you wish to use an existing script for other DM's,
# you can just not redirect when GDMSESSION is set. GDMSESSION will always
# be set from gdm.
#
# Also note that this is not run as a login shell, this is just executed.
#
# based on:
# $XConsortium: Xsession /main/10 1995/12/18 18:21:28 gildea $
PROGNAME=Xsession
+ PROGNAME=Xsession
message () {
# pretty-print messages of arbitrary length; use xmessage if it
# is available and $DISPLAY is set
MESSAGE="$PROGNAME: $*"
echo "$MESSAGE" | fold -s -w ${COLUMNS:-80} >&2
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
if [ -n "$zenity" ]; then
"$zenity" --info --text "`gettextfunc "$MESSAGE"`"
elif [ -n "$xmessage" ]; then
echo "$MESSAGE" | fold -s -w ${COLUMNS:-80} | $xmessage -center -file -
fi
fi
}
message_nonl () {
# pretty-print messages of arbitrary length (no trailing newline); use
# xmessage if it is available and $DISPLAY is set
MESSAGE="$PROGNAME: $*"
echo -n "$MESSAGE" | fold -s -w ${COLUMNS:-80} >&2;
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
if [ -n "$zenity" ]; then
"$zenity" --info --text "`gettextfunc "$MESSAGE"`"
elif [ -n "$xmessage" ]; then
echo -n "$MESSAGE" | fold -s -w ${COLUMNS:-80} | $xmessage -center -file -
fi
fi
}
errormsg () {
# exit script with error
message "$*"
exit 1
}
internal_errormsg () {
# exit script with error; essentially a "THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN" message
# One big call to message() for the sake of xmessage; if we had two then
# the user would have dismissed the error we want reported before seeing the
# request to report it.
errormsg "$*" \
"Please report the installed version of the \"xfree86-common\"" \
"package and the complete text of this error message to" \
"<[email protected]>."
}
run_parts () {
# until run-parts --noexec is implemented
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
internal_errormsg "run_parts() called without an argument."
fi
if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
internal_errormsg "run_parts() called, but \"$1\" does not exist or is" \
"not a directory."
fi
for F in $(/bin/ls $1); do
if expr "$F" : '[[:alnum:]_-]\+$' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
if [ -f "$1/$F" ]; then
echo "$1/$F"
fi
fi
done
}
# initialize variables for use by all session scripts
OPTIONFILE=/etc/X11/Xsession.options
+ OPTIONFILE=/etc/X11/Xsession.options
SYSRESOURCES=/etc/X11/Xresources
+ SYSRESOURCES=/etc/X11/Xresources
USRRESOURCES=$HOME/.Xresources
+ USRRESOURCES=/home/jeff/.Xresources
SYSSESSIONDIR=/etc/X11/Xsession.d
+ SYSSESSIONDIR=/etc/X11/Xsession.d
USERXSESSION=$HOME/.xsession
+ USERXSESSION=/home/jeff/.xsession
USERXSESSIONRC=$HOME/.xsessionrc
+ USERXSESSIONRC=/home/jeff/.xsessionrc
ALTUSERXSESSION=$HOME/.Xsession
+ ALTUSERXSESSION=/home/jeff/.Xsession
# this will go into the .xsession-errors along with all other echo's
# good for debugging where things went wrong
echo "$0: Beginning session setup..."
+ echo /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
# First read /etc/profile and .profile
test -f /etc/profile && . /etc/profile
+ test -f /etc/profile
+ . /etc/profile
# /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1))
# and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...).
if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
else
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games"
fi
+ id -u
+ [ 1000 -eq 0 ]
+ PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games
if [ "$PS1" ]; then
if [ "$BASH" ]; then
PS1='\...@\h:\w\$ '
else
if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
PS1='# '
else
PS1='$ '
fi
fi
fi
+ [ $ ]
+ [ ]
+ id -u
+ [ 1000 -eq 0 ]
+ PS1=$
export PATH
+ export PATH
umask 022
+ umask 022
test -f "$HOME/.profile" && . "$HOME/.profile"
+ test -f /home/jeff/.profile
# Second read /etc/xprofile and .xprofile for X specific setup
test -f /etc/xprofile && . /etc/xprofile
+ test -f /etc/xprofile
test -f "$HOME/.xprofile" && . "$HOME/.xprofile"
+ test -f /home/jeff/.xprofile
# Translation stuff
if [ -x "/usr/lib/gdm/gdmtranslate" ] ; then
gdmtranslate="/usr/lib/gdm/gdmtranslate"
else
gdmtranslate=
fi
+ [ -x /usr/lib/gdm/gdmtranslate ]
+ gdmtranslate=/usr/lib/gdm/gdmtranslate
# Note that this should only go to zenity dialogs which always expect utf8
gettextfunc () {
if [ "x$gdmtranslate" != "x" ] ; then
"$gdmtranslate" --utf8 "$1"
else
echo "$1"
fi
}
zenity=`which zenity 2>/dev/null`
+ which zenity
+ zenity=/usr/bin/zenity
xmessage=`which xmessage 2>/dev/null`
+ which xmessage
+ xmessage=/usr/bin/xmessage
command="$1"
+ command=default
if [ -z "$command" ] ; then
command=failsafe
fi
+ [ -z default ]
if [ x"$command" = xfailsafe ] ; then
if [ -n "$zenity" ] ; then
"$zenity" --info --text "`gettextfunc "This is the failsafe xterm session. Windows now have focus only if you have your cursor above them. To get out of this mode type 'exit' in the window in the upper left corner"`"
else
echo "$0: Starting the failsafe xterm session."
fi
exec xterm -geometry 80x24+0+0
fi
+ [ xdefault = xfailsafe ]
# clean up after xbanner
freetemp=`which freetemp 2>/dev/null`
+ which freetemp
+ freetemp=
if [ -n "$freetemp" ] ; then
"$freetemp"
fi
+ [ -n ]
usermodmap="$HOME/.Xmodmap"
+ usermodmap=/home/jeff/.Xmodmap
userxkbmap="$HOME/.Xkbmap"
+ userxkbmap=/home/jeff/.Xkbmap
if [ -f "$userxkbmap" ]; then
setxkbmap `cat "$userxkbmap"`
XKB_IN_USE=yes
fi
+ [ -f /home/jeff/.Xkbmap ]
# xkb and xmodmap don't play nice together
if [ -z "$XKB_IN_USE" ]; then
if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi
fi
+ [ -z ]
+ [ -f /home/jeff/.Xmodmap ]
unset XKB_IN_USE
+ unset XKB_IN_USE
# if GDM_LANG isn't first in LANGUAGE, then unset it.
if [ -n "$GDM_LANG" ]; then
if [ -n "$LANGUAGE" ]; then
if echo "$LANGUAGE" | grep -q -- "^$GDM_LANG"; then
:
else
unset LANGUAGE
fi
fi
fi
+ [ -n en_US.ISO-8859-15 ]
+ [ -n ]
# The default Debian session runs xsession first, so we just do that for
# "custom"
if [ "x$command" = "xcustom" ] ; then
shift
set default $*
fi
+ [ xdefault = xcustom ]
# use run-parts to source every file in the session directory; we source
# instead of executing so that the variables and functions defined above
# are available to the scripts, and so that they can pass variables to each
# other
SESSIONFILES=$(run_parts $SYSSESSIONDIR)
+ run_parts /etc/X11/Xsession.d
+ [ -z /etc/X11/Xsession.d ]
+ [ ! -d /etc/X11/Xsession.d ]
+ /bin/ls /etc/X11/Xsession.d
+ expr 60seahorse : [[:alnum:]_-]\+$
+ [ -f /etc/X11/Xsession.d/60seahorse ]
+ echo /etc/X11/Xsession.d/60seahorse
+ SESSIONFILES=/etc/X11/Xsession.d/60seahorse
if [ -n "$SESSIONFILES" ]; then
for SESSIONFILE in $SESSIONFILES; do
. $SESSIONFILE
done
fi
+ [ -n /etc/X11/Xsession.d/60seahorse ]
+ . /etc/X11/Xsession.d/60seahorse
# This file is sourced by Xsession(5), not executed.
SEAHORSE=/usr/bin/seahorse-agent
+ SEAHORSE=/usr/bin/seahorse-agent
if [ -n "$GNOMERC" ] && [ -x $SEAHORSE ] && [ -z "$GPG_AGENT_INFO" ]; then
STARTUP="$SEAHORSE --execute $STARTUP"
fi
+ [ -n ]
echo "$0: Executing $command failed, will try to run x-terminal-emulator"
+ echo /etc/gdm/Xsession: Executing default failed, will try to run x-terminal-emulator
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Executing default failed, will try to run x-terminal-emulator
if [ -n "$zenity" ] ; then
"$zenity" --info --text "`gettextfunc "I could not start your session and so I have started the failsafe xterm session. Windows now have focus only if you have your cursor above them. To get out of this mode type 'exit' in the window in the upper left corner"`"
fi
+ [ -n /usr/bin/zenity ]
+ gettextfunc I could not start your session and so I have started the failsafe xterm session. Windows now have focus only if you have your cursor above them. To get out of this mode type 'exit' in the window in the upper left corner
+ [ x/usr/lib/gdm/gdmtranslate != x ]
+ /usr/lib/gdm/gdmtranslate --utf8 I could not start your session and so I have started the failsafe xterm session. Windows now have focus only if you have your cursor above them. To get out of this mode type 'exit' in the window in the upper left corner
+ /usr/bin/zenity --info --text I could not start your session and so I have started the failsafe xterm session. Windows now have focus only if you have your cursor above them. To get out of this mode type 'exit' in the window in the upper left corner
exec x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+0+0
+ exec x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+0+0
