From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD08D1381FA for ; Sun, 25 May 2014 09:26:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DF2ADE0953; Sun, 25 May 2014 09:26:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0200.smtp25.com (mail0200.smtp25.com [174.37.170.200]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D48E9E08EC for ; Sun, 25 May 2014 09:26:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (s-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.91.90]) by s-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id s4P9QRIv011248 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Sun, 25 May 2014 05:26:28 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s4P9QQ5t008308 for ; Sun, 25 May 2014 05:26:27 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] about to give up on systemd and gnome In-reply-to: <20140525101310.2546c491@gentoo.org> References: <18881.1400874604@ccs.covici.com> <20140524003631.1c969987@gentoo.org> <19332.1400910737@ccs.covici.com> <5380350F.80906@openmailbox.org> <23486.1400912359@ccs.covici.com> <20140524101029.239f2d08@gentoo.org> <11994.1400929375@ccs.covici.com> <21839.1400959774@ccs.covici.com> <20140525101310.2546c491@gentoo.org> Comments: In-reply-to Tom Wijsman message dated "Sun, 25 May 2014 10:13:10 +0200." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 05:26:26 -0400 Message-ID: <8306.1401009986@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: s-out-001.smtp25.com-s4P9QRIv011248 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 61c71e9d-fd4c-4e5e-ae3b-a9d19e867c9b X-Archives-Hash: 7ee89c0fa92fe8c7b501d1594d1b3c65 Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Sat, 24 May 2014 15:29:34 -0400 > covici@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, it looks like I have the recomended item in the system-auth in /etc/pam.d. But c because I am not very familiar with gdm, can you give me a key sequence after gdm is launched to emter my user id and password? I saw no place to do this at all, just this strange list of some of my ids. What I can do is to start gdm, not hit any keys and then send you the log segment for that and see if it looks OK to you and then we can go further. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com