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deltamalloc
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:15 pm    Post subject: XFCE fails to start with XDM Reply with quote

I have successfully installed XFCE and I am able to start it from the console with startx.

I have used http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xfce-config.xml to install XFCE and the default Gentoo install guide to install Gentoo, except that I added ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" to make.conf.

However when I try to use xdm/slim to start XFCE, nothing happens. I am greeted with the login GUI, I type my username and password, then I just get an X cursor and nothing starts. I do not return to the (GUI) login prompt. I am not able to restart X with ctrl+alt+backspace. I am able to switch out to a console terminal with ctrl+alt+Fn.

I don't see anything of interest in dmesg when I try to login. I don't see anything interesting in Xorg.0.log, except that it seems the server restarts when I hit enter to login.

Any ideas?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello deltamalloc,

Have you tried startxfce4 instead of startx ?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ive seen this problem also, same exact behavior for xdm.... gdm works fine under xdms startup with editing a file to say gdm instead of xdm... your not gnome though...
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ce110ut wrote:
Hello deltamalloc,

Have you tried startxfce4 instead of startx ?


I haven't but I just tried it. Yes, that works too, seems to produce the exact same behaviour as starting just "startx".

I'm assuming you just meant to start from the console "startxfce4", that was what I tried.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I straced slim while attempting to log in:

Code:

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connect(6, {sa_family=AF_FILE, sun_path="/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket"}, 33) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
close(6)                                = 0
write(2, "slim", 4)                     = 4
write(2, ": Dbus error: ", 14)          = 14
write(2, "Unable to open session: Failed t"..., 110) = 110
write(2, "\n", 1)                       = 1
write(2, "slim", 4)                     = 4
write(2, ": console-kit-daemon not running"..., 33) = 33
write(2, "\n", 1)                       = 1
write(2, "arguments to ck_connector_get_co"..., 125) = 125
futex(0xb72da0fc, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0
write(2, "terminate called after throwing "..., 48) = 48
write(2, "std::logic_error", 16)        = 16
write(2, "'\n", 2)                      = 2
write(2, "  what():  ", 11)             = 11
write(2, "basic_string::_S_construct null "..., 41) = 41
write(2, "\n", 1)                       = 1
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [ABRT], NULL, 8) = 0
tgkill(1270, 1270, SIGABRT)             = 0
--- SIGABRT {si_signo=SIGABRT, si_code=SI_TKILL, si_pid=1270, si_uid=0} ---
+++ killed by SIGABRT +++


So it seems the error is related to D-Bus.

Edit: I do have "System V IPC" enabled in my kernel though. Do I need anything else?
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 12:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I tried with xdm instead of slim.

This too fails, but in a slightly different way. After entering user and password I am returned to the username prompt immediately. From the console I can see that xdm crashes. When I strace it (start before login, end after attempted login):

Code:

Process 1268 attached
rt_sigsuspend([])                       = ? ERESTARTNOHAND (Interrupted by signal)
--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=1333, si_status=0, si_utime=11, si_stime=1} ---
sigreturn() (mask [HUP CHLD])           = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system call)
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
waitpid(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], WNOHANG) = 1333
stat64("/etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1255, ...}) = 0
stat64("/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=426, ...}) = 0
stat64("/etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3401, ...}) = 0
waitpid(-1, 0xbfc8235c, WNOHANG)        = 0
write(2, "xdm info (pid 1268): ", 21)   = 21
write(2, "Starting X server on :0\n", 24) = 24
gettimeofday({1359741536, 724203}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1359741536, 724524}, NULL) = 0
umask(077)                              = 022
unlink("/var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-Wpjqka") = 0
open("/var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-Wpjqka", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 3
umask(022)                              = 077
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb77cb000
write(3, "\377\377\0\0\0\0\0\23XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1\0\20\253'\361"..., 45) = 45
write(3, "\377\377\0\0\0\0\0\22MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1\0\20\240\237\277B"..., 44) = 44
_llseek(3, 0, [89], SEEK_CUR)           = 0
ftruncate(3, 89)                        = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb77cb000, 4096)                = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb73a9768) = 1366
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [HUP CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigsuspend([])                       = ? ERESTARTNOHAND (Interrupted by signal)
--- SIGUSR1 {si_signo=SIGUSR1, si_code=SI_USER, si_pid=1277, si_uid=0} ---
sigreturn() (mask [HUP CHLD])           = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system call)
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
waitpid(-1, 0xbfc8235c, WNOHANG)        = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [HUP CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigsuspend([]
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