Bug#306524: gdm fails to start with gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0
got USR2 signal
mverdier
mverdier <mverdier@thalix.com>, 306524@bugs.debian.org
Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:52:36 +0200
Package: gdm
Version: 2.6.0.8-1
Severity: normal
After an interrupted dist-upgrade, gdp fails to start.
With debug, logs show
gdm[3386]: (child 3569) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal
gdm[3599]: failsafe dialog failed (inhibitions: 0 0)
gdm[3386]: (child 3569) gdm_slave_child_handler: 3599 died
gdm[3386]: gdm_cleanup_children: child 3569 returned 65
.xsession-errors contains
(gnome-session:10719): Pango-WARNING **: Cannot open font file for font Verdana 10
(gnome-session:10719): Pango-WARNING **: Cannot open fallback font, nothing to do
Solution found :
apt-get --reinstall install fontconfig
defoma-reconfigure
And gdm is up again.
I think gdm should not assume fonts are ok as it crashes if it is not.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-knuth
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii adduser 3.63 Add and remove users and groups
ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.10.27 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii gksu 1.2.5-1 graphical frontend to su
ii gnome-session 2.8.1-6 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii gnome-terminal [x-te 2.8.2-2 The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.8.0-4 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libattr1 2.4.16-1 Extended attribute shared library
ii libbonobo2-0 2.8.1-2 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.8.1-2 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgconf2-4 2.8.1-5 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.4.2-2 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.4-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.8.1-2 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.8.0-1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.8.1-3 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.8.4-2 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.6.4-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii liborbit2 1:2.12.1-1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpam-modules 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 0.76-22 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.8.1-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii librsvg2-2 2.8.1-3 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii libselinux1 1.22-1 SELinux shared libraries
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System Session Management
ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-8 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxi6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxml2 2.6.16-7 GNOME XML library
ii rxvt [x-terminal-emu 1:2.6.4-6.2 VT102 terminal emulator for the X
ii sawfish [x-window-ma 1:1.3+cvs20050222-1 a window manager for X11
ii xbase-clients 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 miscellaneous X clients
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii xterm [x-terminal-em 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X terminal emulator
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-3 compression library - runtime
-- debconf information:
gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm