Hi, On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:22 PM, <whollyg...@letterboxes.org> wrote: > 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 -------------
It is likely hal is not working for you. What does /etc/init.d/hal status say ? Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
