Created attachment 364066 [details] gdm greeter log Description of problem: On a fully updated rawhide installation configured with LDAP authentication and no local users, gdm shows no user list and no "other" button. If I type my username "blindly", it shows a small input box where the letters that I'm typing appear, but nothing happens after I press Enter. If I just click "Login", it crashes. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.28.0-6.fc12.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install current rawhide 2. configure ldap authentication with no local users 3. try to login Actual results: There's no user list and no other option to login. Expected results: There should be a visible user list or at least an input box to type username and password. Additional information: Logging on a VT and running startx works fine.
Created attachment 364067 [details] gdm slave log
I think this is serious enough to block the Beta. An inexperienced user won't know they can login on a VT and run startx.
An inexperienced user won't likely have setup their system for LVM auth and no local users. I'm not inclined to slip the beta for this issue.
This should be fixed in gdm-2.28.0-9.fc12
Reviewed during F-12 beta blocker meeting and accepted to F12Beta.
(In reply to comment #4) > This should be fixed in gdm-2.28.0-9.fc12 Sorry, it isn't. Still the same issue.
Created attachment 364788 [details] GDM Screenshot With gdm-2.28.0-9.fc12 installed, on a system configured for NIS and krb5 auth, I am not prompted to enter a user name.
Moving back to ASSIGNED based on comment#6 and comment#7. The reported problem seems to remain.
That's unfortunate. I will need to investigate further. Unfortunately, we're too late to make the beta at this point. A couple of possible workarounds: 1) Log in once on tty2 2) Add the NIS user to /etc/passwd temporarily.
(In reply to comment #9) > A couple of possible workarounds: > > 1) Log in once on tty2 > 2) Add the NIS user to /etc/passwd temporarily. 3) yum -y install kdm && echo "DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE" > /etc/sysconfig/desktop
The latest build from koji gdm-2.28.1-3.fc12.x86_64 does not fix the problem. Logging in on tty2 first does not help either.
*** Bug 529778 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(In reply to comment #9) > A couple of possible workarounds: > > 1) Log in once on tty2 Logging in once on tty2 and restarting gdm did not add the user to the login screen.
I have set up for ldap... I tried to not use it by taking all ldap references out of /etc/nsswitch.conf After reboot, no difference to the login screen. Still no user list, other button or box to enter username.
This is most funny bug I seen in a while, if my system is setup with nis or ldap auth I end up with screenshot from comment #7. An impossible login screen. KDM works, however has another bug, it wants to mount all $HOME dirs to check Something(TM). Now combine that with the slower nfs mount thingie in F12 and lots of users in the domain and it's takes a loooooong time to login. In the good old days of shared homes on NFS and automounts things like this worked great, in the laptop centric world today (which don't really need GDM/KDE at all, in fact :-) programmers don't seems to care. Without login working it's a bit difficult to test rest of the beta :-) Well, well. Why not use gdm 2.26.1 from F11, it seems to work.
With gdm-2.28.1-5.fc12.x86_64 my login screen looks just like on the screenshot, but my system is not set up to use any remote user database like LDAP or NIS. # rpm -Vf /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/gdm/custom.conf .M....G.. /var/log/gdm .M....... /var/run/gdm So default configs as far as I can see.
This should be set as of 2.28.1-7
I just installed 2.28.1-10 from koji, and I'm still seeing the problem. The only differences are that the Suspend/Restart/Shut Down buttons moved down to a menu next to the clock, and it now gives the system release instead of saying "localhost.localdomain". However, there is still no "Other" box.
Same here with nis auth. $ rpm -q gdm gdm-2.28.1-10.fc12.x86_64 Still at screenshot from comment #7, with Suspend/Restart/Shut Down moved. Of course it's not possible to login. - Terje
Alright, please give -12 a try.
rstrode, it looks like -12 works great. I saw the "Other" entry, a spot to enter a Username, and I was able to login. Thanks!
$ rpm -q gdm gdm-2.28.1-12.fc12.x86_64 Works fine here too, thanks!
12.fc12 has been tagged, so I think we can close this. If anyone's still having trouble with that version, please re-open. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
I've tried -12 and the problem is still there. There's still no user list and the only button that's visible is "Login", which obviously does nothing since I can't input user name or password.
Dominik, did you reboot after upgrading?
No, I only did init 3 ; init 5. Why would I need a reboot?
init 3; init 5 Should be fine, unless the old gdm got stuck because of some other bug. Since others reported it's working for them, I just wanted to make sure the new GDM was running on you machine. Can you tell me more about your set up? Do you use NIS? ldap? do you have any local users? What's the output of rpm -qa |grep gdm (which plugins are installed)? Can you attach /etc/sysconfig/authconfig ?
Dominik, can you provide the required info ASAP? This is on the F12 blocker list and we are running out of time for final (we need everything in by Wednesday at the latest). Thanks! -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
Moving this to Ray, whose working on gdm atm.
If Dominik doesn't provide the requested info by tonight (my time, PST) i'm going to drop this from the blocker list, since others reported that it was fixed and I haven't seen any new reports of this trouble I'm inclined to suspect it's an issue more specific to Dominik's configuration... -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
Did a new test install, this time with LDAP auth, GDM works fine.
Hi Dominik, I'm going to go ahead and close this bug WORKSFORME If you continue to have issues, please file a new report.
*** Bug 530041 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Closed but not fixed. After upgrading from F11 to F12 (by preupgrade) I have similar problems as Dominik: no buttons on login screen and no user list. There is only "login" field on screen showing text "Other", but I can not write anything in it. Whole screen is "blinking", actually it seems that gdm-passwd process is crashing and restarting continiously. Logging on a VT and running startx works fine for me too. I am using NIS, but for some historical reasons I have created my account locally, too. Same uid and gid as NIS user has.
Hi, would you mind trying the gdm in F12 updates-testing ? It fixes a crasher bug.
Interesting effect.. Installed F12 ISO. with the users add to ldap.conf [bug 502072], I can login OK. Installed the F12 updates. can no longer get a login box. "other.." is on the screen but no username box #yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update gdm Updating: gdm x86_64 1:2.28.1-25.fc12 updates-testing 1.0 M Updating for dependencies: gdm-plugin-fingerprint x86_64 1:2.28.1-25.fc12 updates-testing 91 k reboot.. and username box is back again and can login OK
Great, gdm-2.28.1-25 fixed my login screen too! Thank you!