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Importance: High => Low
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gdm-simple-greeter always crashes on start
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That would be interesting, indeed. But are you sure that's the same bug?
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Triaged
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gdm-simple-greeter always crashes on start
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I've solved adding this lines in the [Greeter] section of
/etc/gdm/custom.conf
[Greeter]
#stuff
Include=myusername
Exclude=long_list_of_standard_excluded_users
IncludeAll=true
#stuff
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But how do you run gdm-simple-greeter from a debugger? I've not been
able to start it manually.
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** Changed in: gdm
Have you read the comments? I can't be sure you're experiencing the same
bug. GDM problems can be very different. Have a look at /var/log/gdm/ as
I explain above. My workaround is to remove /var/lib/gdm, as I said.
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gdm-simple-greeter always crashes on start
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Is there a quick workaround for this problem? The computer that I
upgraded to 10.04 is pretty useless right now.
After booting, I get a pink hazy screen, but no login prompt, no mouse
buttons working, no panels.
To log in, I:
1. hit ctrl-alt-f3
2. log in as root
3. setenv DISPLAY :0.0
4. xhost +
Also, here's the new /var/log/gdm/\:0-greeter.log file, to compare with
the one from the crash. (Note that the series of GTK+ warnings about
strings (in Franch...) come from a user name containing '&'.)
** Attachment added: "Correct (new) var/log/gdm/\:0-greeter.log"
http://launchpadlibrarian.n
Removing /var/lib/gdm fixed the crash. So it looks like to problem comes
form invalid/obsolete configuration coming from Hardy.
I'm attaching the directory that triggered the crash, it could help
finding the precise source of the issue.
** Attachment added: "buggy /var/lib/gdm"
http://launchpa
Excerpt from :1-greeter.log, with approximate translation:
Window Manager Warning : Reading saved session file
/var/lib/gdm/.config/metacity/sessions/1060c6d4bc3fbbceca12727276334735520043090007.ms
failed: Opening filr/
"var/lib/gdm/.config/metacity/sessions/1060c6d4bc3fbbceca12727276334735
** Attachment added: "Xorg.1.log"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46992780/Xorg.1.log
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** Attachment added: ":1-greeter.log"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46992611/%3A1-greeter.log
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** Attachment added: ":1.log"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46992521/%3A1.log
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** Attachment added: "gdb trace of gdm-simple-greeter"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46992270/gdb%20trace.log
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46990679/Dependencies.txt
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
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