Bug#255728: gdmflexiserver fails
Uwe Zeisberger
Uwe Zeisberger <zeisberg@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>,
255728@bugs.debian.org
Tue, 22 Jun 2004 18:59:04 +0200
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Package: gdm
Version: 2.4.4.7-3
Severity: important
File: /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver
Hello,
whenever I start gdmflexiserver, a message pops up saying:=20
Cannot start new display
The X server failed. Perhaps it is not configured well.
This happens on a newly installed maschine. The file XF86Config-4 did
not change however and in the old installation (with the same version of
gdm) the command succeeded.
The command writes the output of "/usr/X11R6/bin/X :-1" to
/var/log/gdm/:-1.log:
Bad display name: -1
use: X [:<display>] [option]
-a # mouse acceleration (pixels)
-ac disable access control restrictions
...
If I run gdmflexiserver with the option -d, it prints:
Sending command: 'VERSION'
Got response: 'GDM 2.4.4.7'
Sending command: 'AUTH_LOCAL 0a66f9bc921aa327a8001b05478a3cdc'
Got response: 'OK'
Sending command: 'CLOSE'
Sending command: 'VERSION'
Got response: 'GDM 2.4.4.7'
Sending command: 'AUTH_LOCAL 0a66f9bc921aa327a8001b05478a3cdc'
Got response: 'OK'
Sending command: 'FLEXI_XSERVER Standard'
Got response: 'ERROR 3 X failed'
Sending command: 'CLOSE'
If I add option -n, the output is:
Sending command: 'VERSION'
Got response: 'GDM 2.4.4.7'
Sending command: 'FLEXI_XNEST :0.0 1000 f0918a11ecd5a0e06134a9b7bd070d69 /=
home/zeisberg/.Xauthority'
Got response: 'ERROR 3 X failed'
Sending command: 'CLOSE'
The information logged to syslog is:
Jun 22 15:08:45 cepheus gconfd (zeisberg-2738): starting (version 2.6.1), =
pid 2738 user 'zeisberg'
Jun 22 15:08:45 cepheus gconfd (zeisberg-2738): Resolved address "xml:read=
only:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config source at positi=
on 0
Jun 22 15:08:45 cepheus gconfd (zeisberg-2738): Resolved address "xml:read=
write:/home/zeisberg/.gconf" to a writable config source at position 1
Jun 22 15:08:45 cepheus gconfd (zeisberg-2738): Resolved address "xml:read=
only:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source at positio=
n 2
Jun 22 15:09:15 cepheus gconfd (zeisberg-2738): GConf server is not in use=
, shutting down.
Jun 22 15:09:15 cepheus gconfd (zeisberg-2738): Exiting
I am able to start a new instance of X with the command
/usr/X11R6/bin/X :9
(as root)
My X cookies are ("xauth list"):
cepheus.pub:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 f0918a11ecd5a0e06134a9b7bd070d69
cepheus/unix:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 0a66f9bc921aa327a8001b05478a3cdc
In the old installation the version of libgnomeui-0 etc. was only 2.4.*,
but I don't think, this is the problem.
Any ideas?
Regards,
Uwe
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6
Locale: LANG=3DC, LC_CTYPE=3DC
Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii adduser 3.56 Add and remove users and groups
ii debconf 1.4.28 Debian configuration managemen=
t sy
ii dpkg 1.10.22 Package maintenance system for=
Deb
ii fvwm [x-window-manager] 2.5.10-6 F(?) Virtual Window Manager, v=
ersi
ii gksu 1.0.7-1 graphical frontend to su
ii gnome-session 2.6.1-5 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii gnome-terminal [x-termina 2.6.1-3 The GNOME 2 terminal emulator =
appl
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-5 Library of functions for 2D gr=
aphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.6.1-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libattr1 2.4.16-1 Extended attribute shared libr=
ary
ii libbonobo2-0 2.6.2-2 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.6.1-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared librarie=
s an
ii libgconf2-4 2.6.1-2 GNOME configuration database s=
yste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.4.0-1 Library to load .glade files a=
t ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.4.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.6.1-5 The GNOME 2 library - runtime =
file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.6.1.1-2 A powerful object-oriented dis=
play
ii libgnomeui-0 2.6.1.1-2 The GNOME 2 libraries (User In=
terf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.6.1.1-3 The GNOME virtual file-system =
libr
ii libgnomevfs2-common 2.6.1.1-3 The GNOME virtual file-system =
libr
ii libgsf-1 1.9.1-6 Structured File Library - runt=
ime=20
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.4.3-1 The GTK+ graphical user interf=
ace=20
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii liborbit2 1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA=
ORB
ii libpam-modules 0.76-21 Pluggable Authentication Modul=
es f
ii libpam-runtime 0.76-21 Runtime support for the PAM li=
brar
ii libpam0g 0.76-21 Pluggable Authentication Modul=
es l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.4.0-4 Layout and rendering of intern=
atio
ii libpopt0 1.7-4 lib for parsing cmdline parame=
ters
ii librsvg2-2 2.6.4-7 SAX-based renderer library for=
SVG
ii libselinux1 1.12-1 SELinux shared libraries
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Manage=
ment
ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-4 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers l=
ibra
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol clien=
t li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous =
exte
ii libxml2 2.6.10-3 GNOME XML library
ii metacity [x-window-manage 1:2.8.1-3 A lightweight GTK2 based Windo=
w Ma
ii xbase-clients 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 miscellaneous X clients
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client librari=
es m
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulato 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X terminal emulator
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-3 compression library - runtime
-- debconf information:
gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm
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