Hi, I can't seem to get gdm to start correctly. When it starts I get a black screen with a cursor (little clock) and that is it -- no greeter. I turned on logging in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and this is a little of what I got:
Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2629]: gdm_main: Here we go... Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2629]: gdm_start_first_unborn_local: Starting :0 Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2629]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2629]: Resetting counts for loop of death detection Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2629]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 2630 Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_slave_start: Loop Thingie Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2630]: Sending VT_NUM == -1 for slave 2630 Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2630]: Sending VT_NUM 2630 -1 Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2629]: Handling message: 'VT_NUM 2630 -1' Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2629]: Got VT_NUM == -1 Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_server_start: :0 Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 6 entries Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2630]: Sending COOKIE == <secret> for slave 2630 Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2630]: Sending COOKIE 2630 4ac2513d3094f7678f2d11ed5615e55a Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2629]: Handling message: 'COOKIE 2630 4a...' Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2629]: Got COOKIE == <secret> Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_server_spawn: Forked server on pid 2631 Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_server_start: Before mainloop waiting for server Aug 19 15:14:43 NASA gdm[2631]: gdm_server_spawn: '/usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -deferglyphs 16 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth' Aug 19 15:14:44 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_server_start: After mainloop waiting for server Aug 19 15:14:44 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_server_usr1_handler: Got SIGUSR1, server running Aug 19 15:14:44 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_server_start: Completed :0! Aug 19 15:14:44 NASA gdm[2630]: Sending XPID == 2631 for slave 2630 Aug 19 15:14:44 NASA gdm[2630]: Sending XPID 2630 2631 Aug 19 15:14:44 NASA gdm[2629]: Handling message: 'XPID 2630 2631' Aug 19 15:14:44 NASA gdm[2629]: Got XPID == 2631 Aug 19 15:14:44 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_slave_run: Opening display :0 Aug 19 15:14:44 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal Aug 19 15:14:49 NASA gdm[2630]: Sending START_NEXT_LOCAL Aug 19 15:14:49 NASA gdm[2629]: Handling message: 'START_NEXT_LOCAL' Aug 19 15:14:49 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Aug 19 15:14:49 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_child_handler Aug 19 15:14:49 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 2644 Aug 19 15:14:49 NASA gdm[2630]: Sending GREETPID == 2644 for slave 2630 Aug 19 15:14:49 NASA gdm[2630]: Sending GREETPID 2630 2644 Aug 19 15:14:49 NASA gdm[2629]: Handling message: 'GREETPID 2630 2644' Aug 19 15:14:49 NASA gdm[2629]: Got GREETPID == 2644 Aug 19 15:14:49 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_child_handler Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_child_handler: 2644 died Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_child_handler: 2644 returned 127 Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2629]: Handling message: 'GREETPID 2630 0' Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2629]: Got GREETPID == 0 Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2630]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 2648 Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_child_handler Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2630]: Sending GREETPID == 2648 for slave 2630 Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2630]: Sending GREETPID 2630 2648 Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2629]: Handling message: 'GREETPID 2630 2648' Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2629]: Got GREETPID == 2648 Aug 19 15:14:51 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal Aug 19 15:14:52 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_child_handler Aug 19 15:14:52 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_child_handler: 2648 died Aug 19 15:14:52 NASA gdm[2629]: (child 2630) gdm_slave_child_handler: 2648 returned 127 Aug 19 15:14:52 NASA gdm[2629]: Handling message: 'GREETPID 2630 0' Aug 19 15:14:52 NASA gdm[2629]: Got GREETPID == 0 Reading this I can't tell exactly what is going on other than gdm_slave_child_handler is dying. If anyone knows what is going on, I would appreciate it if you let me know. Nasa
