Oki wrote: > >> I've set up gdm on a new laptop but the System menu does not >> seem to work correctly. When I try to halt the system, it >> simply reloads gdm and the following error messages appear >> in my syslog: >> >> gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 >> gdm_child_action: Reboot or Halt request when there is no >> system menu from display :0 > > Which gdm version are you using?
It's the latest one, 2.2.5.4-2, from sid. > It happened to me once, when I upgraded gdm; I don't > remember correctly, whether it was potato -> potato/woody or > woody -> woody/sid. I found out that the newer gdm set the > "gdm" username to not having the privilege to shutdown the > system. So, I ended up utilizing sudo so that > gdm can do the shutdown. In /etc/gdm/gdm.conf: > RebootCommand=/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/reboot > HaltCommand=/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/poweroff > > And, of course, you have to add the gdm username to the sudo > entries file using visudo. > > Oki I found the problem; I still had xdm installed from when I originally set up x-window-system. Removing xdm fixed gdm's behaviour; no configuration changes required. Thanks for your help! -- Todd
