Hi,
I'm using xfce, and I'm trying to get xdm to do the login, but upon entering a valid username and password it just goes back to the login screen.
The error in
/var/log/xdm.log:
Code:
xdm info (pid 1404): sourcing /usr/lib/X11/xdm/GiveConsole
xdm info (pid 1439): executing session /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession
xdm info (pid 1404): sourcing /usr/lib/X11/xdm/TakeConsole
XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
after 104 requests (73 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
xdm info (pid 1392): Starting X server on :0
Error dropping master: -1
7 XSELINUXs still allocated at reset
SCREEN: 0 objects of 144 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
DEVICE: 0 objects of 68 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
CLIENT: 0 objects of 116 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
WINDOW: 0 objects of 28 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
PIXMAP: 4 objects of 80 bytes = 320 total bytes 0 private allocs
GC: 0 objects of 64 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
CURSOR: 0 objects of 8 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
CURSOR_BITS: 0 objects of 8 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
TOTAL: 4 objects, 320 bytes, 0 allocs
1 SELECTIONs still allocated at reset
WINDOW: 0 objects of 28 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
PIXMAP: 4 objects of 80 bytes = 320 total bytes 0 private allocs
GC: 0 objects of 64 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
CURSOR: 0 objects of 8 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
CURSOR_BITS: 0 objects of 8 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
TOTAL: 4 objects, 320 bytes, 0 allocs
4 PIXMAPs still allocated at reset
PIXMAP: 4 objects of 80 bytes = 320 total bytes 0 private allocs
GC: 0 objects of 64 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
CURSOR: 0 objects of 8 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
CURSOR_BITS: 0 objects of 8 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
TOTAL: 4 objects, 320 bytes, 0 allocs
2 PICTUREs still allocated at reset
TOTAL: 0 objects, 0 bytes, 0 allocs
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
xdm info (pid 1453): sourcing /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
The problem appears to be that it tries to start a new X session, and fails because it tries to put it in the same display (i.e. 0) as itself.
ps -elf | grep xdm
Code:
4 S root 1392 1 0 80 0 - 1131 ? 15:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
4 S root 1398 1392 0 80 0 - 6344 ? 15:42 tty7 00:00:00 /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-2EhFVl
cat /tmp/.X0-lock
Using Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get a shell prompt, and logging in works. Here running the command
xinit -- /usr/bin/startxfce4 results in an error:
Code:
/usr/bin/startxfce4: Starting X server
Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
No protocol specified
waiting for X server to begin accepting connections No protocol specified
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Resource temporarily unavailable
xinit: server error
Just running
startx will however work. Apparently this starts up a new display (1) and therefore doesn't choke.
ps -elf | grep X
Code:
4 S root 1398 1392 0 80 0 - 6344 ? 15:42 tty7 00:00:00 /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-2EhFVl
0 S user 1491 1475 0 80 0 - 886 - 15:58 tty1 00:00:00 xinit /home/user/.xinitrc -- /usr/bin/X :1 -auth /home/user/.serverauth.1475
4 S root 1492 1491 1 80 0 - 6941 ? 15:58 tty8 00:00:00 /usr/bin/X :1 -auth /home/user/.serverauth.1475
helper
I've tried about everything I can think of, and none of the similar problems I've found through Google have been applicable to my situation. If anyone has any advice on how to beat this piece of s*** into submission, I would be very grateful. Some other config files that might be of interest:
/usr/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config
Code:
DisplayManager.authDir: /var/lib/xdm
DisplayManager.errorLogFile: /var/log/xdm.log
DisplayManager.pidFile: /var/run/xdm.pid
DisplayManager.keyFile: /usr/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-keys
DisplayManager.servers: /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers
DisplayManager.accessFile: /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xaccess
DisplayManager*resources: /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xresources
DisplayManager.willing: su nobody -s /bin/sh -c /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xwilling
! All displays should use authorization, but we cannot be sure
! X terminals may not be configured that way, so they will require
! individual resource settings.
DisplayManager*authorize: true
!
DisplayManager*chooser: /usr/lib/X11/xdm/chooser
DisplayManager*startup: /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xstartup
DisplayManager*session: /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession
DisplayManager*reset: /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xreset
DisplayManager*authComplain: true
! The following three resources set up display :0 as the console.
DisplayManager._0.setup: /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
DisplayManager._0.startup: /usr/lib/X11/xdm/GiveConsole
DisplayManager._0.reset: /usr/lib/X11/xdm/TakeConsole
DisplayManager*loginmoveInterval: 10
/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers
Code:
:0 local /usr/bin/X :0
I tried making xdm use display 1 by editing this file, and it succeeded, in that it occupied slot one. Unfortunately it only displayed a black screen instead of a login screen, so it was a less than optimal solution...
~/.xinitrc
