wtmp and utmp error

[dbolivar]

sorry, can your help me? i can't login in the gnome (with gdm), the error is:

/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession//Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp
/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession//Default: running: sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l :0 root

My /tmp is 1777
me too try with others users
all user have /bin/bash
others wm ok

please helpme

Any idea???



thx

Sorry for my english

[pjp]

[dbolivar]

no
no root
no any users

[xlyz]

same problem here

can log in only in failsafe mode

else the log in process abort

please help

[pjp]

What is the output of ls -l for /var/log/wtmp and /var/run/utmp ?
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[xlyz]

-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 4224 Nov 1 02:43 /var/run/utmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 118656 Nov 1 02:43 /var/log/wtmp

[rac]

Does /usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg exist, and is it executable? If so, maybe running the line you posted here by hand under strace will give some helpful information.
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[xlyz]

just same weird letters (sort of ^M, ^F)

in the same folder I found also an xdm-errors that says:

XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 3 September 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.19 i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Oct 31 21:22:13 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
sessions: SessionTypes=Gnome,Xsession,
Changing kdmrc in /usr/kde/*
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0: cd: /usr/kde/*/share/config/kdm: No such file or directory
Changing kdmrc in /usr
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0: cd: /usr/share/config/kdm: No such file or directory
sessions: SessionTypes=Gnome,Xsession,
Changing kdmrc in /usr/kde/*
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0: cd: /usr/kde/*/share/config/kdm: No such file or directory
Changing kdmrc in /usr
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0: cd: /usr/share/config/kdm: No such file or directory
xdm error (pid 2817): fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe)
xdm error (pid 2725): Server crash rate too high: removing display :0

I did only emerge gnome and xscreensaver. I did not emerge kde

at the moment i'm still only able to login as root in failsafe mode, no chance to login in a different mode or as a different user. I see the splash screen of gnome for a few second and then i'm sent again at the login page

[DiS-K]

I've had the same problems. Have a look at your .gnomerc-errors file. If it's complaining about fonts, run fc-cache in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
Also, check if Xftconfig exists in /etc/X11, if not, look for it under /usr/portage/x11-base-/xfree

[xlyz]

bingoo

run fc-cache

as far as Xftconfig I found one in each directory

[xlyz]

still not working

but at least the error is different:

before:

aborting...

** ERROR **: Failed to match any font. This could be due to a broken Xft configuration, or if you run XFree 4.1.0 due to a bug in libXrender. For more information about this, read http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68030


now:

aborting...
/usr/libexec/gnome_segv: error while loading shared libraries: libbonoboui-2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: Error 23


further suggestions?

[xlyz]

mmmh

rebooted and both error message still in .gnomerc-errors

aaaaaarghhh!!!

[pjp]

[xlyz]

I gave up

back to RH

I'll try again when 1.4 will be released