can't log in on gnome session

le_cocotier · 2024-06-16 19:20:11

Hye, I'm new on arch so be free to ask me any log you need to help me because I know my won't be enough to solve the problem. I apologize for that.
Since two weeks, I can't log in gnome session on my laptop. When I'm trying to do that, I'm immediately redirect to the log in page.
I made a few research and it seems to be related to GDM.

$ journalctl -xeu gdm service

Jun 15 19:13:42 hp-envy gdm-password][2122]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
Jun 15 19:13:42 hp-envy gdm-password][2122]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session
Jun 15 19:13:42 hp-envy gdm-password][2122]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user arthur(u>
Jun 15 19:13:42 hp-envy gdm-password][2122]: gkr-pam: unlocked login keyring
Jun 15 19:13:42 hp-envy gdm[654]: Gdm: on_display_added: assertion 'GDM_IS_REMOTE_DISPLAY (display)' failed
Jun 15 19:13:53 hp-envy gdm[654]: Gdm: Child process -700 was already dead.
Jun 15 19:13:53 hp-envy gdm[654]: Gdm: on_display_removed: assertion 'GDM_IS_REMOTE_DISPLAY (display)' failed

I've try to uninstall gdm and reinstall it twice with no success. I've also try this and build it with no success two.

I don't know where to search or what to do to solve it.

Thanks for helping me.

seth · 2024-06-17 05:36:05

Please post your complete system journal for the boot:

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

"e" is pointless, "u" looks at the wrong service (the problem is with your session, not the DM) and NEVER! use "-x" - it clutters the journal with useless spam.

le_cocotier · 2024-06-17 07:08:17

Here is the link http://0x0.st/XcCU.txt.
For more precision, I've boot, tryed to log in gnome session then log in KDE plasma.

seth · 2024-06-17 07:21:22

KDE looks like it works?
As for gnome:

Jun 17 09:03:51 hp-envy systemd[1212]: Starting GNOME Session Manager (session: ubuntu)...
Jun 17 09:03:51 hp-envy systemd[1212]: Started GNOME Session Manager (session: ubuntu).
Jun 17 09:03:51 hp-envy systemd[1212]: Reached target GNOME Session (session: ubuntu).
Jun 17 09:03:51 hp-envy systemd[1212]: Stopped GNOME Session Manager (session: ubuntu).
Jun 17 09:03:51 hp-envy systemd[1212]: Stopped target GNOME Session (session: ubuntu).

are your trying to remote log into a different host? What is the "ubuntu" session?

le_cocotier · 2024-06-17 07:48:07

KDE is working fine, no problem. No it’s just a basic gnome session. I’m just trying to use gnome as my arch desktop environnement. I don’t know from where ubuntu could come. Could it be related to steam, Portproton or something ?

seth · 2024-06-17 13:15:10

grep -ri /usr/lib/systemd/user/gnome* /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions /usr/share/*sessions

Can you log into gnome with a fresh user account?

le_cocotier · 2024-06-17 15:45:58

I tried with a fresh user account but same issue. I can't log into gnome.
I've execute the command but it produced no output.

seth · 2024-06-17 21:09:51

What's the output of "printenv"?
Do you have a parallel ubuntu installation?

le_cocotier · 2024-06-17 22:20:39

My previous installation was a Ubuntu but I've no os alongside now.

$ printenv

COLORFGBG=15;0
COLORTERM=truecolor
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
DESKTOP_SESSION=plasma
DISPLAY=:0
GDMSESSION=plasma
GDM_LANG=en_US.UTF-8
GTK2_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/arthur/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/arthur/.config/gtkrc-2.0
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/arthur/.gtkrc:/home/arthur/.config/gtkrc
HOME=/home/arthur
ICEAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/iceauth_UDQIko
INVOCATION_ID=9e06506c068d4d72af6f7617097f0bc8
JOURNAL_STREAM=9:75447
KDE_APPLICATIONS_AS_SCOPE=1
KDE_FULL_SESSION=true
KDE_SESSION_UID=1000
KDE_SESSION_VERSION=6
KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE=:1.92
KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION=/Sessions/1
KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW=/Windows/1
KONSOLE_VERSION=240501
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LOGNAME=arthur
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/arthur
MANAGERPID=13351
MEMORY_PRESSURE_WATCH=/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/plasma-plasmashell.service/memory.pressure
MEMORY_PRESSURE_WRITE=c29tZSAyMDAwMDAgMjAwMDAwMAA=
MOTD_SHOWN=pam
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin
PROFILEHOME=
PWD=/home/arthur
QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0
QT_WAYLAND_RECONNECT=1
SESSION_MANAGER=local/hp-envy:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/13654,unix/hp-envy:/tmp/.ICE-unix/13654
SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
SHELL_SESSION_ID=fe20f30f725e4da0a66b39b831675ee1
SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID=13699
TERM=xterm-256color
USER=arthur
USERNAME=arthur
WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
WINDOWID=3
XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/xauth_QdLzFO
XDG_ACTIVATION_TOKEN=kwin-5
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/home/arthur/.config/kdedefaults:/etc/xdg
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/arthur/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
XDG_MENU_PREFIX=plasma-
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
XDG_SEAT=seat0
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=plasma
XDG_SESSION_ID=14
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
XDG_VTNR=2
XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT=fr
XKB_DEFAULT_MODEL=pc105+inet
XKB_DEFAULT_OPTIONS=terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
SHLVL=1
OLDPWD=/home/arthur
P9K_TTY=old
_P9K_TTY=/dev/pts/1
ZSH=/home/arthur/.oh-my-zsh
PAGER=less
LESS=-R
LSCOLORS=Gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad
LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=00:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.7z=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.apk=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.crate=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.drpm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.egg=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.pyz=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.tar=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.udeb=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.whl=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.avif=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:*~=00;90:*#=00;90:*.bak=00;90:*.crdownload=00;90:*.dpkg-dist=00;90:*.dpkg-new=00;90:*.dpkg-old=00;90:*.dpkg-tmp=00;90:*.old=00;90:*.orig=00;90:*.part=00;90:*.rej=00;90:*.rpmnew=00;90:*.rpmorig=00;90:*.rpmsave=00;90:*.swp=00;90:*.tmp=00;90:*.ucf-dist=00;90:*.ucf-new=00;90:*.ucf-old=00;90:
P9K_SSH=0
_P9K_SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/1
_=/usr/bin/printenv

le_cocotier · 2024-06-17 22:22:59

Could you tell me what you're looking for in the printenv result ? In order to be able to do it myself next time.

seth · 2024-06-18 06:48:05

Somethign that would explain the ubuntu sesssion (ie. why gnome is loading to try what there) - but I guess you don't actually get that with the fresh user and that attempt fails differently and the "ubuntu" thing happens since you carried over your $HOME from that installation?

Did the new user also use zsh (and OMZ) as login shell?
What if you "chsh -s /usr/bin/bash" ?

le_cocotier · 2024-06-18 07:58:36

Oh sorry here is the printenv of the new user (without zsh)

$ printenv

SHELL=/usr/bin/bash
SESSION_MANAGER=local/hp-envy:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1479,unix/hp-envy:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1479
WINDOWID=3
COLORTERM=truecolor
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/home/test/.config/kdedefaults:/etc/xdg
XDG_MENU_PREFIX=plasma-
ICEAUTHORITY=/run/user/1001/iceauth_GGmgmF
LANGUAGE=
SHELL_SESSION_ID=a06a94e8b28d4a5d8e4c8e4cb28d95dd
MEMORY_PRESSURE_WRITE=c29tZSAyMDAwMDAgMjAwMDAwMAA=
DESKTOP_SESSION=plasma
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/test/.gtkrc:/home/test/.config/gtkrc
XDG_SEAT=seat0
PWD=/home/test
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=plasma
LOGNAME=test
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID=1515
XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1001/xauth_GaISrx
MOTD_SHOWN=pam
XKB_DEFAULT_MODEL=pc105+inet
GDM_LANG=en_US.UTF-8
GTK2_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/test/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/test/.config/gtkrc-2.0
HOME=/home/test
USERNAME=test
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE
KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE=:1.58
MEMORY_PRESSURE_WATCH=/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1001.slice/user@1001.service/session.slice/plasma-plasmashell.service/memory.pressure
WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION=/Sessions/1
PROFILEHOME=
INVOCATION_ID=671907336a914e1d83ce6041cd85fe33
KONSOLE_VERSION=240501
MANAGERPID=1185
KDE_SESSION_UID=1001
XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT=fr
XDG_ACTIVATION_TOKEN=kwin-1
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
TERM=xterm-256color
USER=test
COLORFGBG=15;0
QT_WAYLAND_RECONNECT=1
KDE_SESSION_VERSION=6
DISPLAY=:0
SHLVL=1
XDG_VTNR=2
XDG_SESSION_ID=3
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1001
QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0
JOURNAL_STREAM=9:11841
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/test/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
KDE_FULL_SESSION=true
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin
GDMSESSION=plasma
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1001/bus
KDE_APPLICATIONS_AS_SCOPE=1
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/test
XKB_DEFAULT_OPTIONS=terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW=/Windows/1
_=/usr/bin/printenv

seth · 2024-06-18 16:15:22

So not the $SHELL - what does the gnome login failure for the new user look like (journal)?
Does it try to start a "ubuntu" session as well?

le_cocotier · 2024-06-18 19:00:28

Looks like it does...
http://0x0.st/XTB2.txt

seth · 2024-06-18 19:26:59

Jun 18 20:57:51 hp-envy systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 1001...
Jun 18 20:57:51 hp-envy (systemd)[12859]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user test(uid=1001) by test(uid=0)
Jun 18 20:57:51 hp-envy systemd[1]: user@1001.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 18 20:57:51 hp-envy systemd[1]: user@1001.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 18 20:57:51 hp-envy systemd[1]: Failed to start User Manager for UID 1001.

Did you forget to hand the "test" user a $HOME directory?

But look what else showed up:

Jun 18 10:05:31 hp-envy gnome-session[10630]: gnome-session-binary[10630]: WARNING: Could not check if unit gnome-session-(null)@ubuntu.target is active: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.systemd1: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Jun 18 10:05:31 hp-envy gnome-session-binary[10630]: WARNING: Could not check if unit gnome-session-(null)@ubuntu.target is active: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.systemd1: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Jun 18 20:58:07 hp-envy gnome-session[14094]: gnome-session-binary[14094]: WARNING: Could not check if unit gnome-session-wayland@ubuntu.target is active: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.systemd1: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Jun 18 20:58:07 hp-envy gnome-session-binary[14094]: WARNING: Could not check if unit gnome-session-wayland@ubuntu.target is active: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.systemd1: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1

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can't log in on gnome session

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