Tom Wijsman <tom...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Sat, 24 May 2014 15:29:34 -0400 > cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > > OK, here is what is happening -- if I do a startx & in any console > > where I am logged in, I get a gnome session on that tty (wish it was > > on the unused one), and I seem to be good to go. However when I try > > to use gdm, I no longer get the oh no stuff, but it seems I get a > > list of some of my userids, but I can't do anything, I can up arrow > > to one of them, but hitting enter does nothing. Also, tab does > > nothing, nor do left/right arrow keys and strangely enough, my name > > is not among the listed ids. > > > > Here is a log segment from start to stop of gdm. > > > > https://covici.com/owncloud/public.php?service=files&t=3bae607fe4d5043b325b6339e3672c84 > > > > I hope someone can make sense of this because after this happened my > > regular ttys won't scroll once they get to the last line and the only > > way to solve this problem is to reboot the system. > > This might be PAM related: > > gdm-session-worker[4972]: <7>GdmSessionWorker: initializing PAM; > service=gdm-password username=krnotley seat=seat0 > gdm-session-worker[4972]: <7>GdmSessionWorker: Set PAM environment > variable: 'XDG_SEAT=seat0' > gdm-session-worker[4972]: <7>GdmSessionWorker: 1 new messages > received from PAM > gdm-session-worker[4972]: <7>GdmSessionWorker: received pam message > of type 1 with payload 'Password: ' > gdm-password][4972]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): conversation > failed > gdm-password][4972]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): auth could > not identify password for [krnotley] > gdm-password][4972]: gkr-pam: no password is available for user > gdm-password][4972]: gkr-pam: no password is available for user > gdm-session-worker[4972]: <7>GdmSessionWorker: PAM conversation > returning 19: Conversation error > gdm-session-worker[4972]: <7>GdmSessionWorker: uninitializing PAM > > A failing conversation here looks odd to me; so, maybe this krontley > user is bugged (preventing others from being listed?) or PAM itself > isn't working properly at all? > > Check the following link which can be a possible solution to this: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Systemd#systemd-logind_.26_pam_systemd > > Other than that I see gnome-settings-daemon failing as it exits with > code 1, but with no clear warning or error; from experience with that, > that could be a reason to display or usage problems. A way to debug > this could be to restart it in the shell to catch more output, if any; > but I'm more suspicious about PAM so try to get PAM fixed first. > > It could just as well be failing because you shutdown GDM; it might be > more clear if you capture a log where you don't shutdown GDM, as then > the last messages would be much more related to the problem at hand. OK, here is a link to the messages without me doing anything in gdm at all, just starting it.
https://covici.com/owncloud/public.php?service=files&t=85cffe78261eacc915379ff5d5449d18 -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
