Sorry this message is a bit long but I need a clue. Thanks.
Last night I reported that I am no longer able to start my display after a
crash I suffered with VMWare. I have not had the time to research the
problem thoroughly so hope I can get some pointers from here. Since my
posting last night I have discovered the following message in my messages
log:
Aug 10 08:31:14 xxxxxxxx gdm[984]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Could not open
display :0
If I shut down everything then run startx as root, I can bring up a display.
I get an authentication error when I start from another user.
I also see this message in the log:
Aug 9 19:36:44 xxxxxxxx gdm[650]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Could not unlink
/var/gdm/:0.xauth file: No such file or directory
This message has appeared in the log many times before last nights problem.
I checked for the file and it is there. I am not sure what the message
means. I haven't looked yet for docs on gdm but have noticed there seems to
be no man page installed on my system.
Finally, here are the messages from the log when I rebooted after the crash
that hung up the whole machine:
Aug 9 19:34:14 xxxxxxxx gdm[839]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Could not open
display :0
Aug 9 19:34:14 xxxxxxxx init: Switching to runlevel: 6
Aug 9 19:34:19 xxxxxxxx vmware: Stopping VMware services:
Aug 9 19:34:19 xxxxxxxx vmware: Virtual machine monitor
Aug 9 19:34:19 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[300C^[[20D
Aug 9 19:34:19 xxxxxxxx vmware:
Aug 9 19:34:19 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[1;32m
Aug 9 19:34:19 xxxxxxxx vmware: OK
Aug 9 19:34:19 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[0;39m
Aug 9 19:34:19 xxxxxxxx vmware: ]
Aug 9 19:34:19 xxxxxxxx vmware:
Aug 9 19:34:19 xxxxxxxx vmware: Virtual bidirectional parallel port
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[300C^[[20D
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware:
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[1;32m
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: OK
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[0;39m
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ]
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware:
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[300C^[[20D
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware:
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[1;32m
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: OK
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[0;39m
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ]
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware:
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[300C^[[20D
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware:
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[1;32m
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: OK
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[0;39m
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ]
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware:
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[300C^[[20D
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware:
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[1;32m
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: OK
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ^[[0;39m
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: ]
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware:
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx vmware: Virtual
hernet^[[300C^[[20D[ ^[[1;32mOK^[[0;39m ]
Aug 9 19:34:20 xxxxxxxx rc: Stopping vmware succeeded
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