Re: [gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so

[George Roberts <georoberts@gmail.com>]

Richard Fish wrote:

> George Roberts wrote:
>
>> Richard Fish wrote:
>>
>>> Peter Gordon wrote:
>>>
>>>> Try setting the "pam_console" USE flag and re-emerging pam:
>>>> # echo "sys-libs/pam  pam_console" >> /etc/portage/package.use
>>>> # emerge sys-libs/pam
>>>>
>>>> Although, it's rather odd that you are unable to login. I do not have
>>>> pam_console either but I can still login through gdm just fine (with a
>>>> similar warning in my system log).
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>
>>> If /etc/pam.d/gdm specifies pam_console, then this is why it is 
>>> required.  George, can you post the contents of that file?
>>>
>>> -Richard
>>>
>> I just downgraded my baselib and pam after I found a simular issue in 
>> the forums.  But gdm still not working.
>> I don't have the time to check the logs (yuck work) this morning, 
>> will check them tonight.
>> Here is my currant /etc/pam.d/gdm
>> #%PAM-1.0
>> auth       optional        pam_env.so
>> auth       include        system-auth
>> auth       required        pam_nologin.so
>> account    include        system-auth
>> password   include        system-auth
>> session    include        system-auth
>>
>
> Ok, so we include system-auth.  Then we also need to look at 
> /etc/pam.d/system-auth.
>
> Also, what you have is the version of the pam config file from 
> gdm-2.6.0.9-r3 (the ~x86 version).  Earlier (non ~x86) versions use a 
> different gdm configuration for pam:
>
> #%PAM-1.0
> auth       required     /lib/security/pam_env.so
> auth       required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
> auth       required     /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
> account    required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
> password   required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
> session    required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
> session    optional     /lib/security/pam_console.so
>
> As you can see, pam_console.so is referenced directly here.  Can you 
> confirm that you still get the error about pam_console.so with -r3, or 
> only with earlier versions of gdm?
>
> -Richard
>
Latest update.
After adding/removing use flags, downgrading/upgrading packages (not to 
mention some firefox/thunderbird upgrades thrown in for flavor) based on 
information I stumbled across in the forums, gdm is now half working.  I 
can login as root but not as the user.  As to which piece of of the 
process actually fixed the problem I don't truly know.
The process of fixing the currant problem brings to mind questions that 
are better not addressed in this thread, so I will be opening a new 
thread. 
Thanks for the help that you each have offered.
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