GDM completely broken

tony5429 · 2007-10-19 17:02:44

Since the update to GNOME 2.20, I was getting the gdm.pid error discussed here...

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=38575
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=38618

That was annoying but harmless. But now, since a full system upgrade, I am completely unable to start GDM. I am getting a "GDM user 'gdm' not found" error. I tried "gpasswd -a tony gdm" to add myself to the gdm group but it did not help. Is anyone else having these problems? I am on arch64...

paul2lv · 2007-10-19 17:21:34

Yeah, I discovered the exact problem this morning when i turned on my computer.
I had to roll back to the gdm 2.20.0 pkg.
I also am on arch64.

xisal · 2007-10-19 17:24:02

i have the same problem...

see http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 91#p291091

and i'm on arch64 to.

tony5429 · 2007-10-19 17:27:15

paul2lv wrote:

Yeah, I discovered the exact problem this morning when i turned on my computer.
I had to roll back to the gdm 2.20.0 pkg.
I also am on arch64.

hmm..this seems like a serious problem. how can I roll back to the gdm 2.20.0 package? can I do that with pacman?

paul2lv · 2007-10-19 17:43:38

Sure!
First:

pacman -Rd gdm

followed by

 pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/gdm-2.20.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

tony5429 · 2007-10-19 17:46:47

I am not currently on my arch system. but I am wondering...I had just reformatted so I think I only have the newest GDM; the old GDM won't be in my cache. Is there a way to get the old GDM from the arch repos??

xisal · 2007-10-19 18:01:34

It's working...

thanks

paul2lv · 2007-10-19 18:18:07

tony5429 wrote:

I am not currently on my arch system. but I am wondering...I had just reformatted so I think I only have the newest GDM; the old GDM won't be in my cache. Is there a way to get the old GDM from the arch repos??

Alright, I tossed a temporary copy onto rapidshare.
Just click "free" when it asks.
http://rapidshare.com/files/63724666/gd … ar.gz.html

tony5429 · 2007-10-19 19:05:47

thank you very much! its great to have such helpful people here!

powerthunder · 2007-10-19 19:28:21

Same problem here, Arch64 too.

bgc1954 · 2007-10-19 19:55:56

Thanks again for the quick solution guys. I found the same thing when I just turned my computer on now. Should a bug be filed for this?? It can be an unsettling problem when you get a blue screen on linux telling you gdm doesn't work.

tony5429 · 2007-10-19 20:02:26

I've hosted the package on my server for the time when paul2lv's URL expires. This should work to fix the problem...

pacman -Rd gdm
pacman -U http://wikicode.frihost.net/gdm-2.20.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

JGC · 2007-10-19 22:21:49

Hmm, seems the new defaults.conf is not copied over the default config shipped by gdm. A 2.20.1-2 package with this fix is on its way now.

DonVla · 2007-10-20 14:17:45

thank you JGC!

tony5429 · 2007-10-22 16:34:15

with the newest GDM, it seems the fatal error was fixed but I am getting the gdm.pid error again. anyone else having this problem? I am on arch64.

DonVla · 2007-10-24 16:58:34

same here. also on arch 64.
vlad

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