[SOLVED] Login Loop in GDM

sadavar · 2018-09-30 06:02:30

Hey everyone,

I am encountering an issue where I am in an endless login loop unless I choose to login into Gnome.
I have tried editing permissions and a couple of scripts but none seem to work

My journal: https://transfer.sh/huslo/myjournal

If you need anymore information let me know

Last edited by sadavar (2018-10-02 14:23:31)

seth · 2018-09-30 07:50:21

There seems no indication of non-gnome login attempts.
Please post a complete journal of the boot (after failed logins), skip the silly "-x" flag (it's just cluttering) and use a non-sucking pastebin service.

sudo journalctl -b  | curl -F c=@- https://ptpb.pw

Trilby · 2018-09-30 14:04:06

sadavar wrote:

I have tried editing permissions and a couple of scripts but none seem to work

What permissions did you change, and what did you change them to?

What scripts did you edit, and how did you change them?

sadavar · 2018-09-30 16:45:13

Here are the logs: https://ptpb.pw/mcke
Yeah transfer sucks, didn't know about ptpb

Here is another log with me repeatedly trying to login into KDE and i3: https://ptpb.pw/4Xsk

In response to Trilby, I was originally having a lot of problems with my display manager in general so I changed permissions of .Xauthority and .ICEauthority and tried every single dm and found that the only one that worked was GDM for some reason (i was orginally using SDDM as I use KDE). Now for some reason, i can only log in to GNOME not KDE or i3.

The only script i added was the one suggested on this forum: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=195692 as I was intially having a problem with a blank command prompt screen on boot which is solved by using GDM.

Last edited by sadavar (2018-09-30 16:54:01)

seth · 2018-09-30 16:50:32

Did you see

Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: (--) Log file renamed from "/home/sadavar/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.pid-2565.log" to "/home/sadavar/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log"
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: (WW) Failed to open protocol names file lib/xorg/protocol.txt
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: X.Org X Server 1.20.1
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: Build Operating System: Linux Arch Linux
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: Current Operating System: Linux archlinux 4.18.10-arch1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 26 09:48:22 UTC 2018 x86_64
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/mapper/vg01-lv01 rw quiet
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: Build Date: 09 August 2018  06:37:34PM
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]:  
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]:         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]:         to make sure that you have the latest version.
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]:         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]:         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: (==) Log file: "/home/sadavar/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Sep 30 07:38:09 2018
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: Parse error on line 67 of section InputClass in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]:         "..." is not a valid keyword in this section.
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: (EE) Problem parsing the config file
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: (EE) Error parsing the config file
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: (EE)
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: Fatal server error:
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: (EE) no screens found(EE)
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: (EE)
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]:          at http://wiki.x.org
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]:  for help.
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: (EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/sadavar/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: (EE)
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux gdm-password][2541]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session closed for user sadavar
Sep 30 07:38:09 archlinux /usr/lib/gdm-x-session[2563]: Unable to run X server

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sadavar · 2018-09-30 17:09:03

Oh wow I completely missed that. How should I fix it? It seems to be saying that it couldn't open a protocol file and that there is an error on line 67 of the synaptics.conf

sadavar · 2018-09-30 17:18:10

Thanks Everyone!

Deleting the wierd '...' in the synaptics.config solved it! I think this happened because I installed a new synaptic driver right before the crash. I still need to get a lot better at reading logs but this definitely was a good learning process.
Have a great day!

seth · 2018-09-30 19:49:13

Cool.
Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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#1 2018-09-30 06:02:30

[SOLVED] Login Loop in GDM

#2 2018-09-30 07:50:21

Re: [SOLVED] Login Loop in GDM

#3 2018-09-30 14:04:06

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#4 2018-09-30 16:45:13

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#5 2018-09-30 16:50:32

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