I can't login in graphically. My password is accepted, the screen goes blank and flickers like when it is starting up a session, then just returns me to the login display.
I'm using xfce and xdm on a thinkpad i series laptop. I know my password is being accepted because the screen behaviour is different for a wrong password. /var/log/Xorg.0.log, /var/log/xdm.log and /var/log/auth.log are all being touched without any input being added to the files. In fact, xdm.log and Xorg.0.log are both zero length files (nothing has been written to them. The only messages are in .xsession-errors, but googling seems to indicate that they are innocuous: ----- .xsession-errors excerpt ------ ** (x-session-manager:2398): WARNING **: xfsm-shutdown-helper.c:134: Failed to contact HAL: Rejected send message, 3 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.6" (uid=1000 pid=2398 comm="x-session-manager ") interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement" member="ThisMethodMustNotExistInHal" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.freedesktop.Hal" (uid=0 pid=2175 comm="/usr/sbin/hald ")) ** Message: xfsm-shutdown-helper.c:215: HAL not available or does not permit to shutdown/reboot the computer, trying sudo fallback instead. xfce4-tips: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. xfce-mcs-manager: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. --------- end excerpt ------------- I vaguely recall someone experiencing something similar, but my googling didn't turn up anything Thanks, -- whollyg...@letterboxes.org -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
