Description of problem: After updating to latest rawhide GDM does not display a greeter. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Installed Packages Name : gdm Arch : x86_64 Epoch : 1 Version : 3.5.4 Name : dconf Arch : x86_64 Version : 0.13.4 Release : 1.fc18 Log messages: [root@stef-rawhide gdm]# tail /var/log/gdm/\:0-greeter.log ** (gnome-settings-daemon:1823): CRITICAL **: unable to create file '/run/user/42/dconf': Is a directory. dconf will not work properly. ** (gnome-settings-daemon:1823): CRITICAL **: unable to create file '/run/user/42/dconf': Is a directory. dconf will not work properly. ** (gnome-settings-daemon:1823): CRITICAL **: unable to create file '/run/user/42/dconf': Is a directory. dconf will not work properly. ** (gnome-settings-daemon:1823): CRITICAL **: unable to create file '/run/user/42/dconf': Is a directory. dconf will not work properly. ** (gnome-settings-daemon:1823): CRITICAL **: unable to create file '/run/user/42/dconf': Is a directory. dconf will not work properly.
I've had a similar symptom that got "fixed" by downgrading dconf
Rawhide gdm hasn't started for me for some weeks. It would be great if this could be fixed, so that gdm might work once a rawhide install boots again...
Updating rawhide fixed this for me.
I can confirm that I experienced this issue yesterday after installing Rawhide on a working F17 system. I will try an update and see if it helps. Thanks, Dan
Okay miracle - gdm is working for me now too. :-) To reproduce: 1. install fresh f17 2. update to latest f17 packages 3. yum install fedora-release-rawhide 4. yum update --enablerepo=rawhide gdm (and a couple of other broken deps) 5. reboot and gdm comes up for me
It does not for me in a Virtualbox VM. Also libgphoto2 causes yum update to fail.
there were a couple of issues: 1) dconf change its file format for dconf profiles 2) the mass rebuild meant that gdm got in one compose and the required corresponding gnome-shell didn't make the cut.
I'll add to this bug, if I may, because I think its probably related. Still no GDM screen for me in a rawhide virtual-host console: kernel-3.6.0-0.rc0.git2.1.fc18.x86_64 gdm-3.5.4.2-2.fc18.x86_64 dconf-0.13.4-2.fc18.x86_64 xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.12.99.903-2.20120726.fc18.x86_64 # tail /var/log/gdm/:0.log memory space from 0x7f0877b77000 to 0x7f0879b75000 memory space from 0x7f0872b77000 to 0x7f0876b77000 slots start: 1, slots end: 7 done reset (II) UXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations: (II) solid (II) copy (II) composite (RENDER acceleration) (II) put_image Xorg: privates.c:560: dixPrivatesSize: Assertion `!screen_specific_private[type]' failed.
(In reply to comment #8) > I'll add to this bug, if I may, because I think its probably related. Does X start for you? For me currently X can't start from a rawhide install. (Above testing was done on a F17 install + some Rawhide packages.)
No. Or at least, it hangs halfway with a blank screen. Sounds like you might have the same issue with Rawhide? /var/log/Xorg.0.log just ends with: [ 22.583] memory space from 0x7fca48f21000 to 0x7fca4af1f000 [ 22.583] memory space from 0x7fca43f21000 to 0x7fca47f21000 [ 23.287] slots start: 1, slots end: 7 [ 23.287] done reset [ 23.288] (II) UXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations: [ 23.288] (II) solid [ 23.288] (II) copy [ 23.288] (II) composite (RENDER acceleration) [ 23.288] (II) put_image which is the same as /var/log/gdm/:0.log ends, but without the: Xorg: privates.c:560: dixPrivatesSize: Assertion `!screen_specific_private[type]' failed. The system is usable from ssh login, and no process is running away with cpu cycles.
Still broken with: kernel-3.6.0-0.rc0.git4.1.fc18.x86_64 /var/log/messages contains: Jul 30 12:16:52 rawhide-64 gdm-simple-slave[800]: DEBUG(+): GdmSimpleSlave: Started X server Jul 30 12:16:52 rawhide-64 dbus-daemon[486]: dbus[486]: [system] Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.8" (uid=0 pid=603 comm="/usr/sbin/gdm-binary -nodaemon ") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.20" (uid=0 pid=800 comm="/usr/libexec/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gn") Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 abrt[805]: Not dumping repeating crash in '/usr/bin/Xorg' Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-simple-slave[800]: DEBUG(+): GdmServer: child (pid:803) done (signal:6) Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-simple-slave[800]: DEBUG(+): GdmSimpleSlave: server died with signal 6, (Aborted) Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-simple-slave[800]: DEBUG(+): slave finished Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-simple-slave[800]: DEBUG(+): GdmSimpleSlave: Stopping simple_slave Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-simple-slave[800]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlave: Stopping slave Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-simple-slave[800]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Removing handler 10: signum=11 0x40c390 Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-simple-slave[800]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlave: Stopping slave Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-simple-slave[800]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Finalizing signal handler Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-simple-slave[800]: DEBUG(+): Slave finished Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-binary[603]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: Finishing display: /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Displays/_5 Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-binary[603]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: Unmanaging display Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-binary[603]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: unmanage display Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-binary[603]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlaveProxy: Killing slave Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-binary[603]: DEBUG(+): GdmCommon: sending signal 15 to process 800 Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-binary[603]: DEBUG(+): GdmCommon: process (pid:800) done (status:0) Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-binary[603]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlaveProxy: slave died with exit status 0 Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-binary[603]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlaveProxy: Disposing slave proxy Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-binary[603]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlaveProxy: Killing slave Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-binary[603]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.887870 seconds Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-binary[603]: DEBUG(+): GdmLocalDisplayFactory: display status changed: 4 Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-binary[603]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplayStore: Unreffing display: 0x214ece0 Jul 30 12:16:53 rawhide-64 gdm-binary[603]: WARNING: GdmLocalDisplayFactory: maximum number of X display failures reached: check X server log for errors
that bug is actually distinct from the other two mentioned in comment 7 (which were actually distinct from each other). Let's clone this bug instead of muddying it up more (I'll clone it).
The clone is bug 844463
(In reply to comment #10) > No. Or at least, it hangs halfway with a blank screen. Sounds like you > might have the same issue with Rawhide? Ok, which driver are you using? I got Rawhide X and gdm working for me with cirrus driver on kvm (I have to turn off selinux to get rawhide to boot and the default virt qxl driver seems to have problems). (I asked since I thought possibly you were thinking gdm was not working because X seems very slow now with debugging kernel.) I am closing this one out since gdm has clearly been working now in rawhide for a while: as Ray says bug 844463 seems to be a different issue.