** Description changed: Binary package hint: gdm ***Problem:- GDM fails to authenticate users from the login menu. __________ ***Details:- 1- GDM 1st completely failed to start because of the absence of "/var/log/gdm" (Bug#405227) 2- Making the needed directory, mkdir /var/log/gdm, enabled GDM to start. 3- After the 2nd Ubuntu loading screen,the new dark brown one, 2 errors popped up: I- [Could not update ICEauthority file /var/lib/gdm/.ICEauthority] II- [This is a problem with the configuration sever. (usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256)] 4- User selection menu appeared. And selecting any user gave [Unable to authenticate user] 5- Automatically, the Ubuntu loading screen appeared again and the same senario was repeated. __________ **Notes:- -Reconfiguring Xserver, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, and reconfiguring GDM, dpkg-reconfigure gdm, didn't change any of the previously mentioned behaviour. _________ - Bug was submitted using w2m. + Bug was submitted using w3m. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Sep 18 15:13:50 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Package: gdm 2.27.90-0ubuntu7 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic SourcePackage: gdm Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686
** Tags added: authenticate failure gdm ** Tags removed: apport-bug i386 -- GDM fails to authenticate pre-existent users. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432492 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs