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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