From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030225 Description of problem: .xsession-errors file in home directory contains errors. Sample is: Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:16 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:19 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:20 Invalid entry (second locale!?) at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:21 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:22 Invalid entry (second locale!?) at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:23 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:24 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:25 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:26 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:27 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:28 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:29 [snipped] Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/rhn-applet-gui:10 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/rhn-applet-gui:11 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/rhn-applet-gui:13 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/rhn-applet-gui:15 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/rhn-applet-gui:16 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rhn-applet-2.0.9-0.9.0.1 How reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. Login and look at the .xsession-errors file. 2. Just looked at another machine and it had similar errors for /usr/bin/evolution 3. Actual Results: Above errors are produced, but the application seems to work fine. Expected Results: No errors should be seen (ideally!) Additional info:
I have been researching a slow X startup issue on a postfix server I just built using Fedora (running on a Dell PowerEdge 2650). In analyzing the startup issue, I ran across this same "Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:**" behavior on Fedora. So the bug still exists... I'm including the output from .xsession-errors here. It only occurs when logging into a KDE session, if I set the default as Gnome, I don't get any errors. The behavior and errors are the same for Redhat 9 and Fedora (different machines). The error is reproducible each time... If the initdefault is set to id:5 then the errors are logged to the .xsession-errors file. If it is set to id:3, then the errors get dumped to the console that X was started from. # more .xsession-errors /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wt mp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l ":0" "root" startkde: Starting up... kbuildsycoca running... klipper is already running! Invalid entry (missing ']') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:1 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:3 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:4 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:5 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:6 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:7 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:8 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:9 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:10 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:11 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:12 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:13 Invalid entry (missing ']') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:14 Invalid entry (missing ']') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:15 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:16 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:17 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:19 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:21 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:24 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:25 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:26 Invalid entry (second locale!?) at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:27 Invalid entry (second locale!?) at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:28 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:29 Invalid entry (second locale!?) at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:30 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:31 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:32 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:33 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:34 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:35 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:36 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:37 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:38 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:39 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:40 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:42 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:43 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:44 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:45 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:46 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:47 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:48 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:49 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:50 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:51 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:52 Invalid entry (second locale!?) at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:53 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:54 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:55 Invalid entry (second locale!?) at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:56 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:57 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:58 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:59 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:60 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:61 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:62 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:63 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:64 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:65 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:66 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:67 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:69 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:70 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:71 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:72 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:73 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:74 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:75 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:76 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:77 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:78 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:80 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:81 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:82 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:83 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:84 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:85 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:86 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:87 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:88 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:89 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:91 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:92 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:93 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:94 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:95 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:96 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:97 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:98 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:99 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:101 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:102 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:104 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:105 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:106 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:107 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:108 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:110 Invalid entry (missing '=') at /usr/bin/pam-panel-icon:111 QFont::setPixelSize: Pixel size <= 0 (-1) startkde: Shutting down... KLauncher: Exiting on signal 1 startkde: Running shutdown scripts... startkde: Done. #
I have now moved the PC experiencing this problem to Fedora Core 2. The problem does not occur with FC2. As such you may close this call if you wish. John.
I suggest closing this bug report. I have moved from RH9 to (now) Fedora Core 3, which does not seem to have this bug.