Bug 181598 – gdm silently fails to start gnome-session when /tmp is full

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

Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM

Aliases:	None

Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	gdm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	rawhide
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Ray Strode [halfline]
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Reported:	2006-02-14 22:01 EST by Paul Dickson
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2007-03-06 14:58:49 EST
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Description Paul Dickson 2006-02-14 22:01:55 EST

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 14:58:49 EST

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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