xdm/gdm login loops

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Ric95 · Post by **Ric95** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:14 am

When I try to login with xdm, the screen goes black for a few seconds then returns to the xdm login.
rc.conf has "XSESSION="Xfce4"
/etc/conf.d/xdm has "DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm"
What have I messed up this time ?

Rexilion · Post by **Rexilion** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:17 am

Can you post the output of:

ls -la /etc/X11/Sessions/

please?

Ric95 · Post by **Ric95** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:20 pm

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ric-desktop / # ls -la /etc/X11/Sessions/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-03-07 17:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2010-03-08 00:45 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   11 2010-03-07 17:01 Xfce4
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2187 2010-03-06 17:23 Xsession

And Xfce4 only contains

startxfce4

Rexilion · Post by **Rexilion** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:31 pm

Okay, try starting an X session, like so:

Press CTRL+ALT+F1 and login as root and then do:

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killall -SIGKILL X
X

Now, switch to another console:

CTRL+ALT+F2 and login as the user you want to start Xfce4 with and then do:

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DISPLAY=:0.0 xterm

Now, move to the X session:

CTRL+ALT+F7

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startxfce4 > ~/xfce4errorlog 2> ~/xfce4errorlog

If it works, then I'm suprised :p . If it fails, please post ~/xfce4errorlog

.[/profile]

Ric95 · Post by **Ric95** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:09 pm

Sorry for the delay.

Okay, try starting an X session, like so:
Press CTRL+ALT+F1 and login as root and then do:
Code:
killall -SIGKILL X
X
Now, switch to another console:
CTRL+ALT+F2 and login as the user you want to start Xfce4 with and then do:
Code:
DISPLAY=:0.0 xterm
Now, move to the X session:
CTRL+ALT+F7
Code:
startxfce4 > ~/xfce4errorlog 2> ~/xfce4errorlog

Thanks, I tried those steps, but it didn't help, and I couldn't find the xfce4errorlog.

So I tried installing gdm. it still loops back to the login screen with the error " session lasted less than 10 seconds, check configs" (or somthing like that)
I did fetch the error log from gdm:

X.Org X Server 1.6.5
Release Date: 2009-10-11
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.33-zen1 x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.33-zen1 #1 ZEN SMP Sun Mar 7 12:07:53 Local time zone must be set--see z x86_64
Build Date: 07 March 2010 04:04:11PM

Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
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/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Mar 12 17:10:56 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) Mar 12 17:10:57 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X
(EE) Mar 12 17:10:57 NVIDIA(0): log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X
(EE) Mar 12 17:10:57 NVIDIA(0): server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module. If
(EE) Mar 12 17:10:57 NVIDIA(0): you continue to encounter problems, Please try
(EE) Mar 12 17:10:57 NVIDIA(0): reinstalling the NVIDIA driver.
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadToggle: line 122 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadToggle: line 122 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadToggle: line 122 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadToggle: line 122 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadToggle: line 122 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadToggle: line 122 of inet

This is frustrating. Before I installed xdm and gdm, I could log in from command line and xorg worked fine!, glx and all.
I suppose -C xdm wouldn't fix this ??

Rexilion · Post by **Rexilion** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:25 pm

Ric95 wrote:Sorry for the delay.
Okay, try starting an X session, like so:
Press CTRL+ALT+F1 and login as root and then do:
Code:
killall -SIGKILL X
X
Now, switch to another console:
CTRL+ALT+F2 and login as the user you want to start Xfce4 with and then do:
Code:
DISPLAY=:0.0 xterm
Now, move to the X session:
CTRL+ALT+F7
Code:
startxfce4 > ~/xfce4errorlog 2> ~/xfce4errorlog

Where did things go wrong? Besides, looking at your xorg log *now*, it seems you have incorrect opengl settings.

eselect opengl list

eselect opengl set ...

Ric95 · Post by **Ric95** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 6:10 pm

looking at your xorg log *now*, it seems you have incorrect opengl settings.

Good thought.
opengl was set to xorg, I just tried changing it to nvidia, but no luck.
I did find that xfce4errorlog;

Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
No protocol specified
giving up.
xinit: Resource temporarily unavailable (errno 11): unable to connect to X se$
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.

I don't think I did it right, I'll print it and try again.

Ric95 · Post by **Ric95** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 6:33 pm

This is strange, I'll have to study this whole x thing.
Following your instructions, to here:

startxfce4 > ~/xfce4errorlog 2> ~/xfce4errorlog

the desktop started!
With this errorlog:

<stdin>:1:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Those
<stAgent pid 1854
xfdesktop[1875]: starting up

MCS->Xfconf settings migration complete

ocessing directive #Xft
<stdin>:4:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Xft

(xfce4-session:1862): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/security/EnableTcp" does not exist on channel "xfce4-session"

(xfce4-session:1862): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/compat/LaunchGNOME" does not exist on channel "xfce4-session"

(xfce4-session:1862): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/compat/LaunchKDE" does not exist on channel "xfce4-session"

(xfce4-session:1862): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/general/SessionName" does not exist on channel "xfce4-session"

(xfce4-session:1862): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/chooser/AlwaysDisplay" does not exist on channel "xfce4-session"
xfce4-settings-helper is already running

(xfwm4:1869): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/xfwm4/custom/override" does not exist on channel "xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts"

(xfwm4:1869): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at IA__xfconf_channel_reset_property():694: Property "/xfwm4/custom" does not exist on channel "xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/backdrop/screen0/xinerama-stretch" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/desktop-icons/style" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/desktop-icons/icon-size" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/desktop-icons/font-size" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/desktop-icons/use-custom-font-size" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/color-style" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/color1" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/color2" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/image-show" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/image-style" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/brightness" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/saturation" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/image-path" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/Default/KeyRepeat" does not exist on channel "keyboards"

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/Default/KeyRepeat/Delay" does not exist on channel "keyboards"

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/Default/KeyRepeat/Rate" does not exist on channel "keyboards"

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/StickyKeys" does not exist on channel "accessibility"

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/SlowKeys" does not exist on channel "accessibility"

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/BounceKeys" does not exist on channel "accessibility"

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/MouseKeys" does not exist on channel "accessibility"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/desktop-icons/file-icons/show-filesystem" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/desktop-icons/file-icons/show-home" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/desktop-icons/file-icons/show-trash" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/desktop-icons/file-icons/show-removable" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/commands/custom/override" does not exist on channel "xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts"

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at IA__xfconf_channel_reset_property():694: Property "/commands/custom" does not exist on channel "xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts"

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_param_spec_flags: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_FLAGS (flags_type)' failed

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_class_install_property: assertion `G_IS_PARAM_SPEC (pspec)' failed

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/Default/XkbDisable" does not exist on channel "keyboard-layout"

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/Default/NumScreens" does not exist on channel "displays"

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/Default/NumScreens" does not exist on channel "displays"

(xfce4-settings-helper:1899): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/general/workspace_names" does not exist on channel "xfwm4"
Can't run 'xinput' (No such file or directory); unable to migrate mouse settings at /usr/libexec/xfce4/xfconf-migration/xfconf-migration-4.6.pl line 434.

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/desktop-menu/show" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/desktop-menu/show-icons" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/windowlist-menu/show" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/windowlist-menu/show-icons" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/windowlist-menu/show-workspace-names" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/windowlist-menu/show-submenus" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"

(xfdesktop:1875): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_get_internal():390: Property "/windowlist-menu/show-sticky-once" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop"
xscreensaver: 11:23:01: SIGHUP received: restarting...
xscreensaver: 11:23:01: running as ric/users (1000/100)

(xfwm4:1869): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error

(xfwm4:1869): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: Disconnected from session manager.

(xfwm4:1869): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at IA__xfconf_channel_has_property():609: Disconnection or out-of-memory

(xfwm4:1869): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_set_internal():356: Disconnection or out-of-memory

[Those 2 lines duplicate about 15 times]
(xfce4-panel:1871): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error
onf_channel_set_internal():356: Disconnection or out-of-memory

(xfwm4:1869): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at IA__xfconf_channel_has_property():609: Disconnection or out-of-memory

(xfwm4:1869): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at xfconf_channel_set_internal():356: Disconnection or out-of-memory
**edit**[Those 2 lines duplicate about 30 times]

(xfwm4:1869): xfconf-WARNING **: Error check failed at IA__xfconf_channel_get_properties():738: Disconnection or out-of-memory
xfwm4: Fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :0.0.
xscreensaver: 11:23:01: Can't open display: :0.0
xscreensaver: 11:23:01: running as ric/users (1000/100)

xscreensaver: 11:23:01: Errors at startup are usually authorization problems.
But you're not logging in as root (good!) so something
else must be wrong. Did you read the manual and the FAQ?

http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/man.html

The application 'xfce4-panel' lost its connection to the display :0.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.

So I have a desktop, but xdm/gdm can't start it, and of course if I close xterm I lose it.
Progress though

Also, I suspect .xinit may be missing. Where would it be located on this setup?

eccerr0r · Post by **eccerr0r** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:19 am

I think this qualifies as necroing but I don't care...

I ran into the issue where trying to login to xfce4 via xdm would just hop back to the xdm login screen.

In ~/.xsession-errors, xfce4 indicated that it couldn't start because of duplicate authorization, or something to that extent (I forgot to write down the error before I solved it). I was setting .xsession with "startxfce4". Using .xsession set to another, non-dbus/ckit windowmanager like twm seemed to work fine.

The trick that did it for me, apparently, was that xdm needed to be emerged with USE=xdm-auth - at least when I re-emerged xdm it seems to let xdm start xfce4.

Hope this helps someone who sees this issue, or at least it's something to try.