Hi, After recently rebooting, I found that gdm no longer worked. -- Now, I don't know what exactly I did to make it stop working, but now, when it loads up, all I get is a grey screen with the "loading" watch as mouse (which I can move).
startx and xdm work fine, however, when I tried them. I looked at syslog and found the following: Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: gdm_main: Here we go... Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: gdm_start_first_unborn_local: Starting :0 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Resetting counts for loop of death detection Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 1973 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_slave_start: Loop Thingie Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending VT_NUM == -1 for slave 1973 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending VT_NUM 1973 -1 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Handling message: 'VT_NUM 1973 -1' Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Got VT_NUM == -1 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_server_start: :0 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 5 entries Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending COOKIE == <secret> for slave 1973 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending COOKIE 1973 adafe50e062a7c86e4f3746b6425db69 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Handling message: 'COOKIE 1973 ad...' Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Got COOKIE == <secret> Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1974]: gdm_server_spawn: '/usr/bin/X11/X :0 -deferglyphs 16 -nolisten tcp -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth vt7' Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_server_spawn: Forked server on pid 1974 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_server_start: Completed :0! Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending VT_NUM == 7 for slave 1973 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending VT_NUM 1973 7 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_server_usr1_handler: Got SIGUSR1, server running Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Handling message: 'VT_NUM 1973 7' Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Got VT_NUM == 7 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending XPID == 1974 for slave 1973 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending XPID 1973 1974 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Handling message: 'XPID 1973 1974' Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: Got XPID == 1974 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_slave_run: Opening display :0 Aug 12 23:30:06 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1973]: Sending START_NEXT_LOCAL Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1972]: Handling message: 'START_NEXT_LOCAL' Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1973]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 1978 Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_child_handler Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_child_handler Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_child_handler: 1978 died Aug 12 23:30:09 Avin gdm[1972]: (child 1973) gdm_slave_child_handler: 1978 returned 127 Now, its strange because it doesn't end but it keeps starting gdm_slave_child_handler and it keeps dying. I don't really know what to do. I did an strace of gdm, but that didn't tell me anything readable. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Li Zhou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
