Bug#477279: after last upgrade, gdm fails to start

[Ivan Vucica]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org> wrote:
> Le mardi 22 avril 2008 à 10:05 +0200, Ivan Vucica a écrit :
>  > Package: gdm
>  > Version: 2.20.5-1
>  > Severity: important
>  >
>  > After latest upgrade to the system, GDM failed to start. I attempted a
>  > purge as well, even moving away the configuration in /etc/gdm manually.
>  > startx works. The slim login manager also works.
>
>  Is there any error message appearing on the console when you try to
>  start it?

There are no errors. In fact, not even the "dot" appears, and there is
no newline.
Approximately:

$ /etc/init.d/gdm start
Starting GDM Display Manager: gdm$ _


>  Are there some errors in /var/log/gdm/:0.log ?

None that I could notice. It mentions some warnings, one regarding
keyboard, and some more, then the log abruptly ends. Would you like a
copy of the log? I'll paste it when I'm next on my PC.

If I remember correctly, I tried to launch /usr/sbin/gdm directly
under root, and it worked. Possibly some problem with init.d script?

-- 
Ivan Vučica

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