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Binary package hint: gdm
Similar to 430494 and 447226 but not exactly the same. After I upgraded
to karmic gdm has been behaving strangely.
When I start up the computer I get lock-up, blank screen and no response from
the keyboard. After few reboots (4 - 6) I usually get the CL login. That is,
after few seconds of the white logo splash-screen the computer switches to text
mode and I get:
*Stopping the Firestarter firewall.
*Stopping NTP sever ntp
*Starting the NTP server ntp
and after that the normal CL login. I have tried to start the gdm from
the command line, but it does not work. If I try to start it as a normal
user I get:
** (gdm-binary:2896): WARNING **: Failed to acquire
org.gnome.DisplayManager: Connection ":1.100" is not allowed to own the
service "org.gnome.DisplayManager" due to security policies in the
configuration file
** (gdm-binary:2896): WARNING **: Could not acquire name; bailing out
If I tried to start it as root (sudo gdm) I got:
gdm-binary[2798]: WARNING: Unable to find users: no seat-id found
gdm-binary[2798]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.038765 seconds
gdm-binary[2798]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.037873 seconds
gdm-binary[2798]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.040206 seconds
gdm-binary[2798]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.037905 seconds
gdm-binary[2798]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.038138 seconds
gdm-binary[2798]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.038734 seconds
gdm-binary[2798]: WARNING: GdmLocalDisplayFactory: maximum number of X
display failures reached: check X server log for errors
I found that this is due to the /tmp/.X0-lock if I delete it I can run
the gdm, but it behaves exactly like it does when I start the machine in
a normal way, i.e. locks up.
I have learned, by change, that the only way to get the gdm to start is
to login to the CLI, delete the /tmp/.X0-lock file, run startx as
myself, stop the GUI by login me out using the System -> Log out *user*
menu function and then run sudo gdm.
Architecture: AMD 64
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
Memory: 4GB
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
uname: Linux HAL 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009
x86_64 GNU/Linux
package: gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-collected
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gdm does not start
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482841
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