Bug#319345: gdmflexiserver hangs up after sending command 'FLEXI_XSERVER Standard'

[Max Alekseyev]

Package: gdm
Version: 2.6.0.8-1
Severity: important

I'm unable to start more than one X session since gdmflexiserver hangs up.

$ gdmflexiserver -d
Sending command: 'VERSION'
Got response: 'GDM 2.6.0.8'
Sending command: 'AUTH_LOCAL xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Got response: 'OK'
Sending command: 'CLOSE'
Sending command: 'VERSION'
Got response: 'GDM 2.6.0.8'
Sending command: 'AUTH_LOCAL xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Got response: 'OK'
Sending command: 'QUERY_VT'
Got response: 'OK 7'
Sending command: 'CLOSE'
Sending command: 'VERSION'
Got response: 'GDM 2.6.0.8'
Sending command: 'AUTH_LOCAL xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Got response: 'OK'
Sending command: 'CONSOLE_SERVERS'
Got response: 'OK :0,relf,7'
Sending command: 'CLOSE'
Sending command: 'VERSION'
Got response: 'GDM 2.6.0.8'
Sending command: 'AUTH_LOCAL xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Got response: 'OK'
Sending command: 'FLEXI_XSERVER Standard'
... hanging up at this point ...

Max

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
   APT prefers unstable
   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.2.64
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R (charmap=KOI8-R)

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser              3.65                Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf              1.4.52              Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                 1.13.10             Package maintenance system for Deb
ii  gksu                 1.3.0-1             graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-session        2.10.0-5            The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal [x-te 2.10.0-2            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          1.10.1-2            The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1             2.4.21-1            Extended attribute shared library
ii  libbonobo2-0         2.10.0-1            Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0       2.10.0-1            The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                2.3.2.ds1-22        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgconf2-4          2.10.1-1            GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0          1:2.5.1-2           library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0         2.6.5-1             The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0          2.10.1-1            The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0    2.10.2-2            A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0         2.10.1-1            The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0       2.10.1-5            The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgtk2.0-0          2.6.8-1             The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  libice6              6.8.2.dfsg.1-3      Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2            1:2.12.2-1          libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpam-modules       0.76-23             Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime       0.76-23             Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g             0.76-23             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           2.9.5-4             SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1          1.24-1              SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsm6               6.8.2.dfsg.1-3      X Window System Session Management
ii  libwrap0             7.6.dbs-8           Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6             6.8.2.dfsg.1-3      X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6             6.8.2.dfsg.1-3      X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxi6               6.8.2.dfsg.1-3      X Window System Input extension li
ii  libxml2              2.6.20-1            GNOME XML library
ii  metacity [x-window-m 1:2.10.2-1          A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  sawfish [x-window-ma 1:1.3+cvs20050709-3 a window manager for X11
ii  twm [x-window-manage 6.8.2.dfsg.1-3      Tab window manager
ii  xbase-clients        6.8.2.dfsg.1-3      miscellaneous X clients
ii  xlibs                6.8.2.dfsg.1-3      X Window System client libraries m
ii  xterm [x-terminal-em 6.8.2.dfsg.1-3      X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g               1:1.2.3-1           compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii  dialog                    1.0-20050306-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  whiptail                  0.51.6-26      Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  zenity                    2.10.0-2       Display graphical dialog boxes fro

-- debconf information:
   gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm