ulukay
May 5th, 2011, 09:59 PM
i've created a completely new user, so config files for fluxbox/unity/gnome cannot be the problem.
when i try to login with this user in gdm, the screen goes black for a few seconds and gdm displays again.
tried:
- new user without any gnome/unity/fluxbox config
- tried "ubuntu", "ubuntu-classic", "ubuntu-classic without effects", and "ubuntu-classic safe mode"
- did aptitude purge gdm & installed it again
- nvidia module is loaded properly
- no errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log
- login with NXCLIENT on this server works perfectly fine!!!!
~# cat /home/testuser-gnome/.xsession-errors
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
.: 2: Can't open /etc/init.d/msm_profile
dmesg shows no errors
here's some syslog output:
May 5 22:57:05 server gdm-simple-greeter[27313]: Gtk-WARNING: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.24.4/gtk/gtkwidget.c:5687: widget not within a GtkWindow
May 5 22:57:05 server gdm-simple-greeter[27313]: WARNING: Unable to load CK history: no seat-id found
May 5 22:57:09 server gdm-session-worker[27314]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_value_get_boolean: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_BOOLEAN (value)' failed
May 5 22:57:15 server gdm-session-worker[27335]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_value_get_boolean: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_BOOLEAN (value)' failed
May 5 22:57:17 server gdm-session-worker[27335]: pam_sm_authenticate: Called
May 5 22:57:17 server gdm-session-worker[27335]: pam_sm_authenticate: username = [testuser-gnome]
May 5 22:57:17 server snmpd[2490]: error on subcontainer 'ia_addr' insert (-1)
May 5 22:57:18 server acpid: client 26440[0:0] has disconnected
May 5 22:57:18 server acpid: client 26440[0:0] has disconnected
May 5 22:57:18 server acpid: client connected from 27382[0:0]
May 5 22:57:18 server acpid: 1 client rule loaded
May 5 22:57:19 server acpid: client connected from 27382[0:0]
May 5 22:57:19 server acpid: 1 client rule loaded
May 5 22:57:20 server gdm-simple-greeter[27425]: Gtk-WARNING: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.24.4/gtk/gtkwidget.c:5687: widget not within a GtkWindow
May 5 22:57:20 sunnyserver gdm-simple-greeter[27425]: WARNING: Unable to load CK history: no seat-id found
- tried: nvidia drivers, tried nouveau, tried nv - same error on every driver
edit: installed kdm, used it, works.
so the bug must be related to gdm.
unfortunately using kdm is unacceptable since user switching is not supported.
when i try to login with this user in gdm, the screen goes black for a few seconds and gdm displays again.
tried:
- new user without any gnome/unity/fluxbox config
- tried "ubuntu", "ubuntu-classic", "ubuntu-classic without effects", and "ubuntu-classic safe mode"
- did aptitude purge gdm & installed it again
- nvidia module is loaded properly
- no errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log
- login with NXCLIENT on this server works perfectly fine!!!!
~# cat /home/testuser-gnome/.xsession-errors
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
.: 2: Can't open /etc/init.d/msm_profile
dmesg shows no errors
here's some syslog output:
May 5 22:57:05 server gdm-simple-greeter[27313]: Gtk-WARNING: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.24.4/gtk/gtkwidget.c:5687: widget not within a GtkWindow
May 5 22:57:05 server gdm-simple-greeter[27313]: WARNING: Unable to load CK history: no seat-id found
May 5 22:57:09 server gdm-session-worker[27314]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_value_get_boolean: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_BOOLEAN (value)' failed
May 5 22:57:15 server gdm-session-worker[27335]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_value_get_boolean: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_BOOLEAN (value)' failed
May 5 22:57:17 server gdm-session-worker[27335]: pam_sm_authenticate: Called
May 5 22:57:17 server gdm-session-worker[27335]: pam_sm_authenticate: username = [testuser-gnome]
May 5 22:57:17 server snmpd[2490]: error on subcontainer 'ia_addr' insert (-1)
May 5 22:57:18 server acpid: client 26440[0:0] has disconnected
May 5 22:57:18 server acpid: client 26440[0:0] has disconnected
May 5 22:57:18 server acpid: client connected from 27382[0:0]
May 5 22:57:18 server acpid: 1 client rule loaded
May 5 22:57:19 server acpid: client connected from 27382[0:0]
May 5 22:57:19 server acpid: 1 client rule loaded
May 5 22:57:20 server gdm-simple-greeter[27425]: Gtk-WARNING: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.24.4/gtk/gtkwidget.c:5687: widget not within a GtkWindow
May 5 22:57:20 sunnyserver gdm-simple-greeter[27425]: WARNING: Unable to load CK history: no seat-id found
- tried: nvidia drivers, tried nouveau, tried nv - same error on every driver
edit: installed kdm, used it, works.
so the bug must be related to gdm.
unfortunately using kdm is unacceptable since user switching is not supported.