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goofy

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Registered: 2011-10-02

Posts: 25

GDM does not allow me to login

Hello,

I just updated my system after about one week. When computer starts I see initial boot output (information about decompressing kernel image and systemd-fsck output), then normally GDM was starting. Now I only see the same initial output and after some time only mouse cursor shows up (with busy icon). That's all, GDM is not displayed at all, but I can move mouse cursor on screen. The initial booting output stays on screen like a wallpaper.

I'm able to switch to other terminal and use computer from cmd. Does anyone had similar issue? Maybe I should provide some logs?

I have graphic card from nvidia and use nouveu driver.

Last edited by goofy (2012-11-07 22:47:47)

zenlord

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Registered: 2006-05-24

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Re: GDM does not allow me to login

If you see your mouse (displayed by X) and at the same time your boot messages (displayed by tty), then I guess you're suffering from graphic glitches. Try with the nvidia driver and if that doesn't work, provide X11 logs.

goofy

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Registered: 2011-10-02

Posts: 25

Re: GDM does not allow me to login

Here's my X log: http://pastebin.com/B5gguSEf

I provide log first. Then I'll try to use property driver from nvidia. I generally prefer to stick to nouveu.

goofy

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Registered: 2011-10-02

Posts: 25

Re: GDM does not allow me to login

Ok, I investigated problem a bit.

I have GDM configured with autologin, what was working for me for a while and now it stopped. Here's the output of stystemctl status gdm.service:

gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
	  Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled)
	  Active: active (running) since Wed, 2012-11-07 23:44:17 CET; 4min 9s ago
	Main PID: 393 (gdm-binary)
	  CGroup: name=systemd:/system/gdm.service
		  ├ 393 /usr/sbin/gdm-binary
		  ├ 404 /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Displays/_0
		  └ 407 /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -background none -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-yT4wmE/database -seat seat0 -nolisten tcp vt1

Nov 07 23:44:17 localhost systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager...
Nov 07 23:44:17 localhost systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
Nov 07 23:44:19 localhost gdm-simple-slave[404]: WARNING: Failed to give slave programs access to the display. Trying to proceed.
Nov 07 23:44:19 localhost gdm-autologin][417]: gkr-pam: no password is available for user

I tried removed autologin from /etc/gdm/custom.conf and rebooted system. GDM showed up, but it was not allowing me to login always failing with message, that authentication failed.

Any idea how to deal with this issue?