Bug#635238: Package:gdm3 :0-greeter.log

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Package:gdm3

Package: gdm3 (or /usr/lib/gdm-simple/greeter for that)
Version: (2.30.5-6squeeze3) stable from 
/usr/share/doc/gdm3/changelog.Debian.gz

I have alot of entries in my /var/log/gdm3/:0-greeter.log that seem 
to indicate that there is a problem.  


** (process:1687): DEBUG: Greeter session pid=1687 display=:0.0 
xauthority=/var/run/gdm3/auth-for-Debian-gdm-K54B01/database

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1688): GLib-GObject-WARNING 
**: cannot register existing type `_PolkitError'

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1688): GLib-CRITICAL **: 
g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
gdm-simple-greeter[1687]: Gtk-WARNING: /scratch/build-area/gtk+2.0-
2.20.1/gtk/gtkwidget.c:5628: widget not within a GtkWindow
Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW 
message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x140002b (Login Wind)
Window manager warning: meta_window_activate called by a pager with 
a 0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.
Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW 
message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x140002b (Login Wind)
Window manager warning: meta_window_activate called by a pager with 
a 0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.

(gnome-power-manager:1686): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 
g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
gdm-simple-greeter[1687]: WARNING: Failed to send buffer

** (gnome-power-manager:1686): WARNING **: Failed to send buffer

(gnome-power-manager:1686): atk-bridge-WARNING **: AT_SPI_REGISTRY 
was not started at session startup.

(gnome-power-manager:1686): atk-bridge-WARNING **: IOR not set.

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1688): polkit-gnome-1-WARNING 
**: Error enumerating temporary authorizations: Remote Exception 
invoking 
org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority.EnumerateTemporaryAuthorization
s() on /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority at name 
org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: 
org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Cannot determine session 
the caller is in

^ That last one fills up my logfile until the end, the other's are 
some other samples of what I get.

To reproduce you may just have to look in /var/log/gdm3/:0-
greeter.log and do your normal login/desktop things, if you 
installed the default gui and stuff.

Observerations:
I found a reference to these error messages at 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652681 and 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661898 and neither of 
them ever seem to have gotten fixed over there.  
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=58493 has some advice 
which I tried but which didn't work for me.  He indicated that the 
problem is with metacity and the suggestion was to temporarily 
replace that with OpenBox or Compiz, but running the --replace 
command like they say just froze up my desktop.  

Running:  Squeeze with x86_64 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel.  Gnome and 
default desktop type of setup.  Nothing installed from source.