Bug#332466: I can't log in either when using libpam-tmpdir

[Sam Morris]

With debugging turned on in gdm.conf, I get the following log messages:

Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: gdm_main: Here we go...
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: gdm_start_first_unborn_local: Starting :0
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: loop check: last_start 0, last_loop 0, now: 1140391218, retry_count: 0
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Resetting counts for loop of death detection
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_slave_start: Loop Thingie
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending VT_NUM == -1 for slave 6225
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 6225
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'VT_NUM 6225 -1'
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Got VT_NUM == -1
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_server_start: :0
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 1 entries
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending COOKIE == <secret> for slave 6225
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'COOKIE 6225 0e...'
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Got COOKIE == <secret>
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending AUTHFILE == <secret> for slave 6225
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'AUTHFILE 6225 /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth'
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Got AUTHFILE == /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6230]: gdm_server_spawn: '/usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -dpi 96 -audit 0 -config xorg.conf.comp -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp'
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_server_spawn: Forked server on pid 6230
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_server_start: Completed :0!
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending VT_NUM == 5 for slave 6225
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'VT_NUM 6225 5'
Feb 19 23:20:18 xerces gdm[6224]: Got VT_NUM == 5
Feb 19 23:20:19 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending XPID == 6230 for slave 6225
Feb 19 23:20:19 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'XPID 6225 6230'
Feb 19 23:20:19 xerces gdm[6224]: Got XPID == 6230
Feb 19 23:20:19 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_slave_run: Opening display :0
Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'START_NEXT_LOCAL'
Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0
Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: gdm_socket_handler: Accepting new connection fd 8
Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling user message: 'VERSION'
Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling user message: 'GET_CONFIG_FILE'
Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling user message: 'CLOSE'
Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 6239
Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending GREETPID == 6239 for slave 6225
Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'GREETPID 6225 6239'
Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6224]: Got GREETPID == 6239
Feb 19 23:20:21 xerces gdm[6225]: gdm_slave_wait_for_login: In loop
Feb 19 23:20:55 xerces gdm[6225]: Sending QUERYLOGIN == <secret> for slave 6225
Feb 19 23:20:55 xerces gdm[6224]: Handling message: 'QUERYLOGIN 6225 sam'
Feb 19 23:20:55 xerces gdm[6224]: Got QUERYLOGIN sam

GDM hangs at this point until I kill it. I think I'll send this bug
upstream since there has been no activity here. :)

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Sam Morris
http://robots.org.uk/

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