I am also getting:
I- [Could not update ICEauthority file /var/lib/gdm/.ICEauthority]
II- [This is a problem with the configuration sever.
(usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256)]
except I am able to login for each user on the system after clicking 'OK' on
the warning popups.
If I open Nautilus as root (gksu nautilus) and look at the permissions
properties, on the machine with errors I show permissions for
/var/lib/gdm/.ICEAuthority as:
Owner: avahi-autopd - Avahi autoip daemon
Access: Read and write
Group: fuse
Access: None
Others
Access: None
SELinux context: unknown
Last changed: unknown
$ apt-cache policy gdm
gdm:
Installed: 2.28.1-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 2.28.1-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 2.28.1-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.28.1-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
$ uname -a
2.6.31-15-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 10 14:54:29 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
Note: the machine has been updated from dapper thru karmic & the hard
drives changed from 40Gb to 200Gb using Gparted 'copy'.
If I look at the permissions for /var/lib/gdm/.ICEAuthority on a clean
karmic install (with no errors), I see that .ICEAuthority has the same
Owner and Group as the /var/lib/gdm folder:
Owner: gdm - Gnome Display Manager
Access: Read and Write
Group: gdm
Access: none
Others
Access: None
The exception of course is the Access for Group is set to 'none' on the
file and 'Access files' on the folder.
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GDM fails to authenticate pre-existent users.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432492
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