Bug 151367

Summary:	gdm-binary constantly logging to syslog
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Paul Black <paul.0000.black>
Component:	gdm	Assignee:	Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Version:	4	CC:	raj.khem
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Description Paul Black 2005-03-17 11:02:32 UTC

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Description of problem:
gdm-binary is runing flat out trying to log to syslog:
Mar 17 10:57:51 zurich gdm[4246]: Can't set EGID to user GID
Mar 17 10:57:51 zurich last message repeated 9 times
Mar 17 10:57:51 zurich gdm[4246]: Can't set EGID to user GID
Mar 17 10:57:51 zurich gdm[4246]: Can't set EGID to user GID
Mar 17 10:57:55 zurich last message repeated 8762 times
Mar 17 10:57:55 zurich gdm[4246]: Can't set EGID to user GID
Mar 17 10:57:55 zurich last message repeated 71 times


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gdm-2.6.0.7-4

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log in using gdm from default install


Actual Results:  gdm-binary constantly logging

Expected Results:  Wouldn't expect constant logging and use of CPU.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Aaron Kurtz 2005-03-17 11:36:56 UTC

Paul, this was fixed in rawhide. "yum update gdm" makes it go away.

Comment 2 Paul Black 2005-03-17 12:11:26 UTC

That's done the job. Cheers.

Comment 3 Carl Flarity 2005-03-19 05:09:09 UTC

When I do "yum update gdm" it tells me I need to download keys for the packages
I want to install and install them. It says to do so with command "rpm --import
public.gpg.key". But when I give this command I get "error: public.gpg.key:
import read failed(-1)."  How do I get gdm to behave?

Comment 4 Andrew Gorges 2005-03-20 09:54:19 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> When I do "yum update gdm" it tells me I need to download keys for the packages
> I want to install and install them. It says to do so with command "rpm --import
> public.gpg.key". But when I give this command I get "error: public.gpg.key:
> import read failed(-1)."  How do I get gdm to behave?
> 

One temporary solution is to open /etc/yum.conf and change the line:

gpgcheck=1

to

gpgcheck=0

then run yum update gdm.

Comment 5 Carl Flarity 2005-03-21 22:13:51 UTC

Thanks. I was able to do the "yum update gdm" after setting gpgcheck=0 in
/etc/yum.conf and now gdm-binary is no longer taking nearly all the cpu cycles
as it constantly logs to syslog.

Hint to anyone else reading this work-around: Do NOT log into the GNOME desktop
gui. Instead, use an alternate console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) to log in and work in the
character-based console. Thus, gdm-binary doesn't run as you perform the update
and you'll have full use of the cpu. When done Ctrl-Alt-F7 returns you to the
GNOME desktop gui.

Comment 6 Ray Strode [halfline] 2005-04-10 14:53:33 UTC

*** Bug 153110 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Matthias Clasen 2005-04-21 20:25:00 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 150745 ***