Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-18 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 16:49 +, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 4:25 PM, PaulNM deb...@paulscrap.com wrote: On 12/13/2013 10:03 AM, Tom H wrote: On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Ralf Mardorf

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-15 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 11:25 -0500, PaulNM wrote: The single kernel cmdline option would never launch GDM. I believe that was his point, and the reason for the smiley ;). Most would say preventing something from

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-13 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:25 AM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:08 +, Tom H wrote: The Ubuntu-created grub.cfg cannot be blamed for a GDM problem. If GDM is being launched, grub's job has been done many seconds ago. This seems to be true here, but

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-13 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 02:25 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:08 +, Tom H wrote: The Ubuntu-created grub.cfg cannot be blamed for a GDM problem. If GDM is being launched, grub's job has been

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-13 Thread PaulNM
On 12/13/2013 10:03 AM, Tom H wrote: On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 02:25 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:08 +, Tom H wrote: The Ubuntu-created grub.cfg cannot be blamed for a GDM problem. If GDM

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 11:25 -0500, PaulNM wrote: The single kernel cmdline option would never launch GDM. I believe that was his point, and the reason for the smiley ;). Most would say preventing something from happening is a form of affecting it. Correct, that's why I was thinking

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-13 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 4:25 PM, PaulNM deb...@paulscrap.com wrote: On 12/13/2013 10:03 AM, Tom H wrote: On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 02:25 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:08 +, Tom H wrote: The

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 16:49 +, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 4:25 PM, PaulNM deb...@paulscrap.com wrote: On 12/13/2013 10:03 AM, Tom H wrote: On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 02:25 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-13 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:08:07 +0100 Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: Except that single doesn't make GDM fail, it doesn't even launch it. It's not the same thing. The result is the same, you won't end up with the option to launch Iceweasel by a launcher on the GNOME

(SOLVED) Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-10 Thread Kailash Kalyani
On Tuesday 10 December 2013 07:27 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 02:25 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:08 +, Tom H wrote: The Ubuntu-created grub.cfg cannot be blamed for a GDM problem. If GDM is being launched, grub's job has been done many seconds ago.

Re: (SOLVED) Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 17:31 +0530, Kailash Kalyani wrote: The solution that worked for me was to run check the debian boot partition with gparted (e2fsck -cfkp). While I did not note any addition bad sectors, etc. the issue seems to have been resolved. I didn't think of it, but (somebody

Re: (SOLVED) Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-10 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 12/10/13, Kailash Kalyani listskail...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 10 December 2013 07:27 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 02:25 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:08 +, Tom H wrote: The Ubuntu-created grub.cfg cannot be blamed for a GDM problem. If GDM is

gdm3 issue

2013-12-09 Thread Kailash Kalyani
Hi All, Issue: This issue started the day before. I log into Debian and instead of a login screen I get a message about gnome-fallback session failing to load and an alert asking me to contact the administrator. The issue started when I removed old linux images from Ubuntu which is on

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 15:15 +0530, Kailash Kalyani wrote: The issue started when I removed old linux images from Ubuntu which is on another partition. That resulted in a grub update from ubuntu and since then I've had this issue. So the answer already seems to be there. Ubuntu did likely

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-09 Thread Kailash Kalyani
On Monday 09 December 2013 04:36 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 15:15 +0530, Kailash Kalyani wrote: The issue started when I removed old linux images from Ubuntu which is on another partition. That resulted in a grub update from ubuntu and since then I've had this issue. So the

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:25 +0530, Kailash Kalyani wrote: Thanks, I tried that using update-grub2 from my Debian install. That did not resolve the issue :( JFTR did you install GRUB by Debian. If not, at least copy the /boot/grub/grub.cfg to the Ubuntu install. I think it's a PAM issue with

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-09 Thread Kailash Kalyani
On Monday 09 December 2013 07:35 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:25 +0530, Kailash Kalyani wrote: Thanks, I tried that using update-grub2 from my Debian install. That did not resolve the issue :( JFTR did you install GRUB by Debian. If not, at least copy the

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd1,msdos3)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-09 Thread Kailash Kalyani
On Monday 09 December 2013 08:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd1,msdos3)'

Re: gdm3 issue [boot loader digression]

2013-12-09 Thread Neal Murphy
On Monday, December 09, 2013 06:06:24 AM Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 15:15 +0530, Kailash Kalyani wrote: The issue started when I removed old linux images from Ubuntu which is on another partition. That resulted in a grub update from ubuntu and since then I've had this issue.

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-09 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 15:15 +0530, Kailash Kalyani wrote: The issue started when I removed old linux images from Ubuntu which is on another partition. That resulted in a grub update from ubuntu and since then I've

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-09 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Kailash Kalyani listskail...@gmail.com wrote: Here's the boot.cfg (attached). Since 10_linux has Debian entries, it's Debian that created this grub.cfg. But it might be that the Ubuntu grub.cfg is the one that's loaded from the MBR. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: gdm3 issue [boot loader digression]

2013-12-09 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Neal Murphy neal.p.mur...@alum.wpi.edu wrote: Grub 2 is, as far as I know, still broken. This is the kind of statement that makes me laugh, this case or NM's or... 1) The silent majority of grub2 users have no problems. 2) File a bug report if grub2 (or any

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:08 +, Tom H wrote: The Ubuntu-created grub.cfg cannot be blamed for a GDM problem. If GDM is being launched, grub's job has been done many seconds ago. This seems to be true here, but you're mistaken, a boot option could still cause something when a DE session

Re: gdm3 issue

2013-12-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 02:25 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:08 +, Tom H wrote: The Ubuntu-created grub.cfg cannot be blamed for a GDM problem. If GDM is being launched, grub's job has been done many seconds ago. This seems to be true here, but you're mistaken, a