Bug#637142: GDM3 - very slow start up

Marco Milone marco.sting at gmail.com
Mon Aug 8 19:32:13 UTC 2011


Package: gdm3
Version: 2.30.5-10
Severity: important

Hello,
today I updated my system and on the next reboot I noticed a very long startup
of GDM3 with this error: "Could not update .ICEauthority file
/var/lib/gdm3/.ICEauthority".

I have eliminated this error by removing that file and let gdm3 daemon re-
create it with:

/etc/init.d/gdm3 stop
rm /var/lib/gdm3/.ICEauthority*
/etc/init.d/gdm3 start

After those operation, on the next reboot, I received no errors but the great
delay is still present.

Here's the log of my last upgrade:

Registrazione completata.
Aptitude 0.6.3: registro
lun, ago  8 2011 09:55:33 +0200

IMPORTANTE: questo registro mostra soltanto le azioni richieste; azioni non
riuscite in seguito a problemi con dpkg potrebbero non venire completate.

Saranno installati 22 pacchetti e rimossi 0 pacchetti.
Verranno occupati 36,4 MB di spazio su disco
===============================================================================
[INSTALLATO, DIPENDENZA] freepats
[INSTALLATO, DIPENDENZA] libwebp0
[INSTALLATO, DIPENDENZA] libwildmidi-config
[AGGIORNATO] apt 0.8.15.2 -> 0.8.15.5
[AGGIORNATO] apt-utils 0.8.15.2 -> 0.8.15.5
[AGGIORNATO] aspell 0.60.6-6 -> 0.60.7~20110707-1
[AGGIORNATO] chromium 12.0.742.112~r90304-1 -> 13.0.782.107~r94237-1
[AGGIORNATO] chromium-browser 12.0.742.112~r90304-1 -> 13.0.782.107~r94237-1
[AGGIORNATO] chromium-inspector 12.0.742.112~r90304-1 -> 13.0.782.107~r94237-1
[AGGIORNATO] chromium-l10n 12.0.742.112~r90304-1 -> 13.0.782.107~r94237-1
[AGGIORNATO] gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 2.23.5-2 -> 2.23.5-3
[AGGIORNATO] iptables 1.4.11.1-3 -> 1.4.12-1
[AGGIORNATO] libaspell15 0.60.6-6 -> 0.60.7~20110707-1
[AGGIORNATO] libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.23.5-2 -> 2.23.5-3
[AGGIORNATO] libsoundtouch0 1.6.0-1 -> 1.6.0-2
[AGGIORNATO] libsoup-gnome2.4-1 2.34.2-1 -> 2.34.3-1
[AGGIORNATO] libsoup2.4-1 2.34.2-1 -> 2.34.3-1
[AGGIORNATO] libtalloc2 2.0.5-1 -> 2.0.5-3
[AGGIORNATO] libtdb1 1.2.9-1 -> 1.2.9-3
[AGGIORNATO] libwildmidi1 0.2.3.4-1 -> 0.2.3.4-2
[AGGIORNATO] mozplugger 1.14.3-3 -> 1.14.3-4
[AGGIORNATO] python-mmkeys 1.6.2.1-3+b1 -> 1.6.2.1-4
===============================================================================

As you can see, there is a dependency of GDM3, libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0.

I don't know if that can help. but I also have these errors in my Xorg.0.log

WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[    21.116] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[    21.116] (II) Unloading vesa
[    21.116] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[    21.116] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    21.117] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[    21.117] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[    21.117] (II) Unloading fbdev
[    21.117] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)

Thank you very much for your help and sorry me for my bad English.

Best Regards,

Marco Milone



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-686-pae (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.utf8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  adduser                    3.113         add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]      1.5.40        Debian configuration management sy
ii  gconf2                     2.32.4-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-session-bin          2.30.2-3      The GNOME Session Manager - Minima
ii  libart-2.0-2               2.3.21-1      Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                2.0.1-2       ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1                   1:2.4.46-3    Extended attribute shared library
ii  libaudit0                  1.7.13-1.2    Dynamic library for security audit
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.24.3-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0             2.24.3-1      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                      2.13-10       Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                  1.10.2-6      The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0           0.28-1        Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0               0.28-1        a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libdbus-1-3                1.4.12-5      simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.94-4        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1             2.8.0-3       generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6               2.4.4-2       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4                2.32.4-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0         2.23.5-3      GDK Pixbuf library
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.28.6-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0                2.32.1-1      The GNOME library - runtime files
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0          2.30.1-1      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.24.4-3      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.18-0.2 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpam-modules             1.1.3-2       Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime             1.1.3-2       Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                   1.1.3-2       Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpanel-applet2-0         2.30.2-4      library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.28.4-1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0      0.101-4       PolicyKit Authorization API
ii  libpolkit-gtk-1-0          0.101-2       PolicyKit GTK+ API
ii  libpopt0                   1.16-1        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-common            2.34.0-1      SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1                2.0.98-1.1    SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libupower-glib1            0.9.12-1      abstraction for power management -
ii  libwrap0                   7.6.q-21      Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.4.3-2     X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                    1:1.0.6-3     X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6                  1:1.1.0-3     X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxklavier16              5.1-2         X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                    2.7.8.dfsg-3  GNOME XML library
ii  lsb-base                   3.2-27        Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  openbox [x-window-manager] 3.4.11.2-2    standards compliant, fast, light-w
ii  policykit-1-gnome          0.101-2       GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii  upower                     0.9.12-1      abstraction for power management
ii  xfce4-session [x-session-m 4.8.1-3       Xfce4 Session Manager
ii  xfce4-terminal [x-terminal 0.4.8-1       Xfce terminal emulator
ii  xfwm4 [x-window-manager]   4.8.1-3       window manager of the Xfce project
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator 271-1         X terminal emulator

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
pn  at-spi                    <none>         (no description available)
ii  desktop-base              6.0.6          common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  gnome-icon-theme          3.0.0-4        GNOME Desktop icon theme
pn  gnome-power-manager       <none>         (no description available)
ii  gnome-settings-daemon     2.30.2-3       daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  x11-xkb-utils             7.6+4          X11 XKB utilities
ii  xserver-xephyr            2:1.10.2.902-1 nested X server
ii  xserver-xorg              1:7.6+7        X.Org X server
ii  zenity                    2.30.0-1       Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
pn  gnome-mag                     <none>     (no description available)
pn  gnome-orca                    <none>     (no description available)
pn  gok                           <none>     (no description available)
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring          3.0.3-2    PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
pn  metacity                      <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
  gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3





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