Hi all, after an upgrade from xfree86 4.0.1-8 to 4.0.1-9 gdm won't let me login any more. Every single keystroke in the login screen gets the server to restart.
In the logs (debug=on in gdm.conf) there are those messages: Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_main: Here we go... Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_local_servers_start: Starting :0 Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_server_start: :0 Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 2 entries Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4329]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X vt7 -deferglyphs 16 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth :0' Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting display :0! Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 4330 Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4330]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Dec 4 11:15:28 wabe gdm[4330]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0 Dec 4 11:15:31 wabe modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-145 Dec 4 11:15:31 wabe modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-145 Dec 4 11:15:33 wabe gdm[4330]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Dec 4 11:15:33 wabe gdm[4330]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 4338 Dec 4 11:15:35 wabe gdm[4330]: gdm_slave_child_handler: 4338 died Dec 4 11:15:35 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_child_handler: child 4330 returned 2 Dec 4 11:15:35 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_child_handler: :0 Dec 4 11:15:35 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_server_start: :0 Dec 4 11:15:35 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_server_start: Old server found (4329). Killing. Dec 4 11:15:35 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_server_stop: Server for :0 going down! Dec 4 11:15:35 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Dec 4 11:15:35 wabe gdm[4328]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Then the whole process repeats. This goes on and on, each time I type a key on the keyboard. With version 4.0.1-8 gdm worked as it should. Starting X with startx works well, so it's not a problem of the X-server (xfree86). Hoping someone can help, joachim
