Bug 181598 - gdm silently fails to start gnome-session when /tmp is full
Summary: gdm silently fails to start gnome-session when /tmp is full
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gdm
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-02-15 03:01 UTC by Paul Dickson
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-03-06 19:58:49 UTC
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Description Paul Dickson 2006-02-15 03:01:55 UTC
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gdm-2.13.0.8-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have root fill the / volume (which includes /tmp) so users can't add stuff.
2. Attempt to login via GDM
3.
  
Actual results:
gnome-session fails to start but the ~/.xsession file is empty.

Expected results:
The ~/.xsession file should mention the lack of space in /tmp.

Additional info:
A couple of lines of shell code in /etc/gdm/Xsession should output this warning.
I had a hard time locating this problem because only my user process was
affected, not root.

Comment 2 Ray Strode [halfline] 2007-03-06 19:58:49 UTC
Unfortunately things sorta fall over all over the place if the disk fills up. 
Maybe this should be fixed in gnome-session though, not gdm?  

At any rate, can you file this upstream? I don't think I'm going ot have time to
look at this any time soon (it's already been a year since the initial report)

If you do file it upstream, please post the upstream url here.


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