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#1 2008-07-27 14:17:40

pootzko
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cant use gdm "login window"

when I go to System -> Administration -> Login window, it asks for password and after i type it in, nothing happens. I read some people had problem with it, but it anyway started after 1-5 minutes of waitin. So I waited for way more than 5 minutes, but still nothing happens >.<

The computer is 2 months old, so that (slowness) shouldn't be causing the problem. 2,6ghz core2duo, 4gb ram, 8800gt

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#2 2008-07-27 14:39:25

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Re: cant use gdm "login window"

Try to run "gdmsetup" in the terminal as root, or with sudo if you use that instead, and see what's the output.


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#3 2008-07-27 15:00:32

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Re: cant use gdm "login window"

with sudo gdmsetup i got this output, but then it started...

[pucko@pucko ~]$ sudo gdmsetup

(gdmsetup:6116): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
    Using the fallback 'C' locale.
gdmsetup[6116]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[6116]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[6116]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[6116]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[6116]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[6116]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_free: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[6116]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[6116]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[6116]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[6116]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[6116]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[6116]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_free: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed

but it still wont start from system - administration - login window

oh yeah, and i forgot to add... i cant use characters such as []{}@€| in gdm.. why is that? can i somehow make it work?


thnx

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#4 2008-07-27 15:07:57

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Re: cant use gdm "login window"

If you use sudo, try to set sudo as the authentication method (System > Preferences > Privilege Granting).

Also, I think you haven't generated your locale. Check here for an howto.


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#5 2008-07-27 15:09:40

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Re: cant use gdm "login window"

Sounds like you need to set your locale:  http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Configuring_locales.

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#6 2008-07-27 15:39:53

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Re: cant use gdm "login window"

after configuring locale i get this:

[pucko@pucko ~]$ sudo gdmsetup
gdmsetup[5222]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[5222]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[5222]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[5222]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[5222]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[5222]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_free: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[5222]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[5222]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[5222]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[5222]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[5222]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_get_locale_string: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
gdmsetup[5222]: GLib-CRITICAL: g_key_file_free: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed

my output of locale -a

[pucko@pucko ~]$ locale -a
C
POSIX
en_US
en_US.iso88591
en_US.iso885915
en_US.utf8

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#7 2008-07-27 15:47:06

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Re: cant use gdm "login window"

Did you try to reboot your machine?


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#8 2008-07-27 16:03:29

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Re: cant use gdm "login window"

yup


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#9 2008-07-28 11:26:46

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Re: cant use gdm "login window"

What's the GDM theme you are using?


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#10 2008-07-29 23:24:49

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Re: cant use gdm "login window"

right now i use "shades of gray", but i had the exact same problem with the default "happy gnome" GDM theme

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#11 2008-07-30 10:03:48

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Re: cant use gdm "login window"

I've been googling your error, and one of the solutions was to try to reinstall gdm, even though I'm not so optimistic about it.


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