Actually, this looks like it might be the problem:
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs=145071127402451=2
It is late here, so i will quit for now, but Antoine, to answer your
question, yes i did do the steps from pkg-readmes/gnome-*
To start GDM, I simply let rc do it:
$ cat /etc/rc.conf.local
apmd_flags="-A" ## enables suspend and power mgmt
hotplugd_flags="" ## needed to start hotplugd for toad
multicast=YES
pkg_scripts=${pkg_scripts} messagebus cupsd avahi_daemon gdm
sshd_flags=NO
$
I have also killed gdm and started it from the shell with the same result.
Here is /var/log/gdm :
# ls -alrt
total 148
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm653 May 15 13:10 :1.log.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm653 May 15 13:10 :2.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm653 May 15 13:10 :3.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm653 May 15 13:10 :4.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm653 May 15 13:10 :5.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm532 Jul 28 21:27 :1-greeter.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 9473 Jul 28 21:27 :1.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm567 Jul 29 00:34 :0-greeter.log.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm341 Jul 29 00:35 :0-greeter.log.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm249 Jul 29 00:35 :0.log.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 7814 Jul 29 00:43 :1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm601 Jul 29 00:43 :1-greeter.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm249 Jul 29 00:44 :0.log.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm791 Jul 29 00:45 :0-greeter.log.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 7814 Jul 29 00:45 :0.log.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 7814 Jul 29 01:24 :0.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm599 Jul 29 01:24 :0-greeter.log.1
drwx--x--x 2 root _gdm512 Jul 29 01:24 .
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm666 Jul 29 01:25 :0-greeter.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 7611 Jul 29 01:25 :0.log
drwxr-xr-x 7 root wheel 1536 Jul 29 02:08 ..
# cat \:0-greeter.log
(gnome-settings-daemon:7028): media-keys-plugin-WARNING **: Unable to
inhibit keypresses: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown:
The name org.freedesktop.login1 was not provided by any .service files
gnome-session-binary[20542]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_object_unref:
assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
gnome-session-binary[20542]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_object_unref:
assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
(gnome-settings-daemon:7028): Gdk-WARNING **: gnome-settings-daemon: Fatal
IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.
gnome-session-binary[20542]: WARNING: App 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop'
exited with code 1
# cat \0.log
cat: 0.log: No such file or directory
# cat \:0.log
(--) checkDevMem: using aperture driver /dev/xf86
(--) Using wscons driver on /dev/ttyC4 in pcvt compatibility mode (version
3.32)
X.Org X Server 1.17.4
Release Date: 2015-10-28
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: OpenBSD 5.9 amd64
Current Operating System: OpenBSD paddy.my.domain 5.9 GENERIC.MP#1888 amd64
Build Date: 26 February 2016 01:59:52AM
Current version of pixman: 0.32.8
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jul 29 01:24:10 2016
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/X11R6/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
(==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor ""
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
(==) Disabling SIGIO handlers for input devices
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(==) Not automatically adding GPU devices
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(II) The server relies on wscons to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure wscons or disable
AutoAddDevices.
(--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:2a02:17aa:20b5 rev 12, Mem @ 0xf800/1048576,
0xe000/268435456, I/O @ 0x1800/8
(--) PCI: (0:0:2:1) 8086:2a03:17aa:20b5 rev 12, Mem @ 0xf810/1048576
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.0.0
(==) AIGLX enabled
(==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
(==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 1
(==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
(II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 2.99.916
(II) Loading