Gnome 2.28 occasionally crashes back to gdm login screen!

o1911 · 2010-01-11 16:07:45

Strange, I upgraded gdm from 2.20 to 2.28 also yesterday, and I haven't had any problems so far. What is your config graysky? I've got the newest xorg in the x86_64 repo.

graysky · 2010-01-11 20:40:20

My system is up-to-date as well. Have a look at the flyspray task I started on this issue for more details (see the first post of this long thread).

o1911 · 2010-01-12 12:00:50

Spoke too soon back I go.....

insanemal · 2010-01-12 13:38:47

o1911

There has to be something about your config causing this issue.

What does your rc.conf and your inittab look like?

o1911 · 2010-01-12 15:34:40

My rc.conf

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
#   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Australia/Brisbane"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(b43 !bcm43xx !ndiswrapper !usblp acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave vboxdrv tun)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="euclid"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# 
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#

#Static IP example
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
 
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
#DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng cpufreq dbus hal gdm !kdm networkmanager !wicd @mpd @samba @alsa @crond @tuntap @cups)

And I don't think I've edited my inittab file, but here it is anyway:

#
# /etc/inittab
#

#  Runlevels:
#    0    Halt
#    1(S)    Single-user
#    2    Not used
#    3    Multi-user
#    4    Not used
#    5    X11
#    6    Reboot

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
#id:5:initdefault:

rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p

# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty6 linux

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# Example lines for starting a login manager
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null

# End of file

I don't have a very complicated system, so I don't know why this is still an issue.

ttnk · 2010-02-17 18:18:59

I upgraded gdm to 2.28, i had it downgraded, i thought that after 3 or so months the problem should be fixed, but i had the crashes again, i tried to installa the old gdm but it isnt in this http://schlunix.org/archlinux/extra/os/ … pkg.tar.gz anymore, i tried to use the gdm-old in aur too but i have problems with libpng12.pc too so i cant compile it, does anybody knows where how can i downgrade again? or where can i get the gdm-2.20.10-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz so i can install it with pacman -U ?
Thanks a lot, have a great day

insanemal · 2010-02-18 04:29:06

o1911 wrote:

My rc.conf

#

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng cpufreq dbus hal gdm !kdm networkmanager !wicd @mpd @samba @alsa @crond @tuntap @cups)

There is your problem

gdm is not the last thing in your DAEMONS line.

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng cpufreq dbus hal !kdm networkmanager !wicd @mpd @samba @alsa @crond @tuntap @cups gdm)

Try that.

Flag · 2010-02-18 07:32:42

Otherwise remove gdm and boot through inittab, worked for me.

insanemal · 2010-02-18 08:49:34

Flag wrote:

Otherwise remove gdm and boot through inittab, worked for me.

Yeah that was the fix I used a while ago.

I found that loading GDM last seems to work quite well!

joel.obrecht · 2010-02-18 13:03:28

Hi there,

This is my very first post here and so I would like, to start, to say you my happiness in discovering Arch Linux, which is truly great with its simplicity, and its openess on the linux system inners.

I found that gdm was too fast to start, therefore, it starts in TTY2... So I decided to slow for 2 seconds its start. I put a "!" in front of gdm in the demons array in /etc/rc.conf and added
(sleep 2 && /etc/rc.d/gdm start) &
in my /etc/rc.local

And gdm starts, slower, but in TTY7. And no crash as far as I had waited now...

Hope it helps.

archiebald · 2010-02-18 18:32:51

I just want to say that I have no more issues with GDM, after last Xorg 1.7.4.901 update. And I use /etc/inittab method, all default settings.

graysky · 2010-02-21 14:50:31

Sorry to restart an old discussion but is there a solution to the gdm 2.28 random restart issue? I like starting gdm via a daemon (yes, it is the last one in my daemon array). I just upgraded to the latest 2.28 package of gdm, following a reboot, gdm comes up to on tty2. If I CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE, X moves to tty7! What gives?

Another unsolved thread describing this problem.

EDIT: If I boot into runlevel 3 with no gdm in the daemons array, login as root and manually /etc/rc.d/gdm start it comes up on tty7. If I CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE it goes to tty8.

Last edited by graysky (2010-02-21 15:14:57)

graysky · 2010-02-24 21:20:46

Update: I've been calling gdm by the inittab method for a for a few days now and -- knock on wood -- haven't experienced a problem with gdm crashing.

agomezh · 2010-02-24 22:15:33

I started to have this issue when I added a daemon to the daemons array, after gdm. I took it out, and it seems to have fixed it, but it has been only a few days since I changed the order.

insanemal · 2010-02-25 02:44:21

agomezh wrote:

I started to have this issue when I added a daemon to the daemons array, after gdm. I took it out, and it seems to have fixed it, but it has been only a few days since I changed the order.

The order is actually the most important part.
Changing run-levels is the easiest way to negate the daemon order as an issue is to call GDM from inittab Runlevel 5.

majikins · 2010-02-25 09:25:41

hi

Also a new arch user - became dis-illusioned with Ubuntu. Now this problem has disappointed me as well. Put GDM last in rc.conf and deleted my gconf and gconfd directories. Seems ok so far but will post if problems again.

M

update: the above did not work, used the /etc/inittab method from the wiki and no glitch since.

update2: spoke too soon! not as frequent as before but does happen occasionally! This really sux!

update3: seems instability is now due to screensaver I activated after changes above. Deactivated and have not had an issue since.

Last edited by majikins (2010-03-04 09:12:50)

xangelux · 2010-06-06 20:39:44

I had the same problem but read somewhere else that has to be something about the dbus daemon, so I tried out and it works, partially. Open your rc.conf and change the order of the daemons, first most be the original things like syslog-ng network etc. then the dbus followed by alsa hal networkmanager (all the daemons that you put there) and last it should be gdm. This fixes the crash thing but i still see warnings before the GDM starts for the first time, it doesn't interfere with the GDM but i want my system fully bug-free.

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