Don: Thanks for your help... there is obviously something going on under the covers that I just don't want to invest the time right now to try and debug. I hope that it is something simple and that someone that has it working in Angstrom world can help with. Running as root for now as that does work...!
Will On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Don deJuan <donjuans...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry I cant be of more help but yes I agree your session is not being > started properly and gvfs should be putting that directory into one for > your user. Or maybe your user is not setup properly either. > > I know it works in Arch Linux. > > > On 11/09/2013 12:44 AM, Will Kostelecky wrote: > > Don: > > Thanks for your advice. First on the parameters. I did try the "auth > sufficient pam_succeed_if.so user ingroup nopasswdlogin " parameter a while > ago and it > did not make any difference. I think whoever did the image for the BBB > used the timed login to make sure some startup stuff completed. Without > it I get a message about something still running (when root is logging > in). > > In terms of the logs. The one place where something seems relevant is in > /var/log/gdm/:0-greeter.log. It shows some permission problems that > happen with my user and also with the xuser that came as part of the > distribution image. > > (gnome-settings-daemon:441): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: cannot > open directory /usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors: Error opening > directory '/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors': Permission denied > > (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:444): polkit-gnome-1-WARNING **: > Unable to determine the session we are in: No session for pid 444 > Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0". > gdm-simple-greeter[446]: GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING: cannot open > directory /usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors: Error opening directory > '/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors': Permission denied > gdm-simple-greeter[446]: Gtk-WARNING: gtkwidget.c:5709: widget not within > a GtkWindow > shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access > parent directories: Permission denied > gdm-simple-greeter[446]: WARNING: Unable to load CK history: no seat-id > found > > I guess that I have been hoping that someone from the BBB team that > created their image would see this post. There is either something wrong > with the scripts behind gdm or I am just missing some key permission or > group? I really, really, really don't want to have to dig into the details > of how a gdm login happens if I don't have to. > > Cheers, > Will > > > On Friday, 8 November 2013 19:26:55 UTC, don wrote: >> >> On 11/08/2013 06:29 AM, Will Kostelecky wrote: >> >> After a lot more research it does seem like all that should be necessary >> is to have these lines... >> >> [daemon] >> TimedLoginEnable=true >> TimedLogin=<username> >> TimedLoginDelay=10 >> >> ...in /etc/gdm/custom.conf. I have booted my BBB from a fresh flash, >> added my own user, changed the above to reflect the new user, and still the >> login greeting panel hangs. When looking at top I do not see anything >> obvious that is running. >> >> PLEASE can someone HELP? >> >> Will >> >> On Wednesday, 6 November 2013 23:08:54 UTC, Will Kostelecky wrote: >>> >>> I want to setup my BBB to have a user other than root login to the gdm >>> without entering a password. I have editted the /etc/gdm/custom.conf file >>> to replace root with the name of my user but the login does not complete. >>> It either hangs at the login window waiting for a password...or it just >>> hangs there without asking for a password. I have logged into gdm using >>> the new user ID so I know it works. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Will >>> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> Why are you not checking your logs for what is happening? >> >> I do not use Angstrom so cant really be of much use other than suggesting >> what upstream expects the package to "act" like. >> >> On one of my arch installs I installed GDM and setup passwordless logins >> as the DOCs for GDM suggest. Have you tried the non timed option? >> >> AutomaticLogin=username >> AutomaticLoginEnable=True >> >> Also have you this this in pam.d/gdm? >> >> auth sufficient pam_succeed_if.so user ingroup nopasswdlogin >> >> then add a nopasswdlogin group and add the user to it? 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