[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#638875: Bug#638875: login with default session results in black (console) screen

Joey Hess joeyh at debian.org
Mon Aug 22 17:03:52 UTC 2011


Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On lun., 2011-08-22 at 12:29 -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > If I leave the selector at the default session and log in, lightdm seems
> > to just exit X entirely, leaving me at a black console screen with a
> > cursor. According to ps, lightdm is running, but has no children; no X
> > server is running.
> 
> Can you confirm the default session is XClient, and can you look
> in /var/log/lightdm.log and report any issue there (maybe attach the
> log, check nothing private is present before).

Yes, log is attached. I don't know how to tell what the default session
is.

> > 
> > If I select xfce session, it logs me in ok.
> > 
> > joey at gnu:~>sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
> > There are 6 choices for the alternative x-session-manager (providing /usr/bin/x-session-manager).
> > 
> >   Selection    Path                      Priority   Status
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >   0            /usr/bin/gnome-session     50        auto mode
> >   1            /usr/bin/gnome-session     50        manual mode
> >   2            /usr/bin/lxsession         49        manual mode
> >   3            /usr/bin/openbox-session   40        manual mode
> >   4            /usr/bin/startlxde         50        manual mode
> >   5            /usr/bin/startxfce4        50        manual mode
> > * 6            /usr/bin/xfce4-session     40        manual mode 
> 
> If you use the 5 one, does it give something?

No.

-- 
see shy jo
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[+0.00s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting Light Display Manager 0.9.2, UID=0 PID=21450
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Loaded configuration from /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Registered seat module xlocal
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Adding default seat
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting seat
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting new display for greeter
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting Local X Display
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Using VT 7
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/:0.log
[+0.03s] DEBUG: Writing X server authority to /var/run/lightdm/root/:0
[+0.03s] DEBUG: Launching X Server
[+0.03s] DEBUG: Launching process 21461: /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch
[+0.03s] DEBUG: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0
[+1.53s] DEBUG: Got signal 10 from process 21461
[+1.53s] DEBUG: Got signal from X server :0
[+1.53s] DEBUG: Connecting to XServer :0
[+1.53s] DEBUG: Starting greeter session
[+1.54s] DEBUG: pam_start("lightdm", "lightdm") -> (0xb7942718, 0)
[+1.56s] DEBUG: pam_open_session(0xb7942718, 0) -> 0 (Success)
[+1.56s] DEBUG: pam_setcred(0xb7942718, PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED) -> 0 (Success)
[+1.56s] DEBUG: Starting session lightdm-gtk-greeter as user lightdm logging to /var/log/lightdm/:0-greeter.log
[+1.56s] DEBUG: PAM returns environment 'GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-qswnlb GNOME_KEYRING_PID=21470 LANG=en_US.UTF-8'
[+1.63s] DEBUG: Opened ConsoleKit session 696421c512c6276ce7bdd9b800000009-1314030128.27141-892093743
[+1.63s] DEBUG: Adding session authority to /var/lib/lightdm/.Xauthority
[+1.77s] DEBUG: Launching session
[+1.77s] DEBUG: Launching process 21479: LIGHTDM_FROM_SERVER_FD=17 DISPLAY=:0 HOME=/var/lib/lightdm GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-qswnlb XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=696421c512c6276ce7bdd9b800000009-1314030128.27141-892093743 GDMSESSION=lightdm-gtk-greeter LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LIGHTDM_TO_SERVER_FD=20 USERNAME=lightdm GNOME_KEYRING_PID=21470 DESKTOP_SESSION=lightdm-gtk-greeter XAUTHORITY=/var/lib/lightdm/.Xauthority USER=lightdm SHELL=/bin/false PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games /usr/sbin/lightdm-gtk-greeter
[+1.77s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7
[+1.80s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from greeter
[+1.81s] DEBUG: Read 9 bytes from greeter
[+1.81s] DEBUG: Greeter connected version=0.9.2
[+1.81s] DEBUG: Wrote 108 bytes to greeter
[+4.11s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from greeter
[+4.11s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from greeter
[+4.11s] DEBUG: Greeter start authentication
[+4.12s] DEBUG: pam_start("lightdm", "(null)") -> (0xb7969c30, 0)
[+4.12s] DEBUG: Prompt greeter with 1 message(s)
[+4.12s] DEBUG: Wrote 34 bytes to greeter
[+15.52s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from greeter
[+15.52s] DEBUG: Read 12 bytes from greeter
[+15.52s] DEBUG: Continue authentication
[+15.52s] DEBUG: Prompt greeter with 1 message(s)
[+15.53s] DEBUG: Wrote 42 bytes to greeter
[+17.27s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from greeter
[+17.27s] DEBUG: Read 15 bytes from greeter
[+17.27s] DEBUG: Continue authentication
[+17.41s] DEBUG: pam_authenticate(0xb7969c30, 0) -> 0 (Success)
[+17.42s] DEBUG: pam_acct_mgmt(0xb7969c30, 0) -> 0 (Success)
[+17.42s] DEBUG: Authenticate result for user joey: Success
[+17.42s] DEBUG: User joey authorized
[+17.42s] DEBUG: Wrote 24 bytes to greeter
[+17.42s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from greeter
[+17.42s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from greeter
[+17.42s] DEBUG: Start session xfce
[+17.42s] DEBUG: Stopping greeter
[+17.42s] DEBUG: Removing session authority from /var/lib/lightdm/.Xauthority
[+17.57s] DEBUG: Sending signal 15 to process 21479
[+17.57s] DEBUG: Process 21479 exited with return value 0
[+17.57s] DEBUG: Greeter quit
[+17.57s] DEBUG: Ending ConsoleKit session 696421c512c6276ce7bdd9b800000009-1314030128.27141-892093743
[+17.62s] DEBUG: pam_close_session(0xb7942718) -> 0 (Success)
[+17.63s] DEBUG: pam_setcred(0xb7942718, PAM_DELETE_CRED) -> 0 (Success)
[+17.63s] DEBUG: pam_end(0xb7942718) -> 0
[+17.65s] DEBUG: pam_open_session(0xb7969c30, 0) -> 0 (Success)
[+17.65s] DEBUG: pam_setcred(0xb7969c30, PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED) -> 0 (Success)
[+17.65s] DEBUG: Starting user session
[+17.66s] DEBUG: Starting session xfce as user joey logging to /home/joey/.xsession-errors
[+17.66s] DEBUG: PAM returns environment 'GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-hfvUtf GNOME_KEYRING_PID=21491 LANG=en_US.UTF-8'
[+17.74s] DEBUG: Opened ConsoleKit session 696421c512c6276ce7bdd9b800000009-1314030144.138711-2117656336
[+17.74s] DEBUG: Adding session authority to /home/joey/.Xauthority
[+17.75s] DEBUG: Launching session
[+17.75s] DEBUG: Launching process 21500: DISPLAY=:0 HOME=/home/joey GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-hfvUtf XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=696421c512c6276ce7bdd9b800000009-1314030144.138711-2117656336 GDMSESSION=xfce LANG=en_US.UTF-8 USERNAME=joey GNOME_KEYRING_PID=21491 DESKTOP_SESSION=xfce XAUTHORITY=/home/joey/.Xauthority USER=joey SHELL=/bin/zsh PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games /usr/bin/startxfce4
[+458.65s] DEBUG: Process 21500 exited with return value 0
[+458.65s] DEBUG: User session quit
[+458.65s] DEBUG: Ending ConsoleKit session 696421c512c6276ce7bdd9b800000009-1314030144.138711-2117656336
[+458.70s] DEBUG: pam_close_session(0xb7969c30) -> 0 (Success)
[+458.70s] DEBUG: pam_setcred(0xb7969c30, PAM_DELETE_CRED) -> 0 (Success)
[+458.70s] DEBUG: pam_end(0xb7969c30) -> 0
[+458.70s] DEBUG: Stopping display
[+458.70s] DEBUG: Sending signal 15 to process 21461
[+458.71s] DEBUG: Removing session authority from /home/joey/.Xauthority
[+458.93s] DEBUG: Process 21461 exited with return value 0
[+458.93s] DEBUG: X server stopped
[+458.93s] DEBUG: Removing X server authority from /var/run/lightdm/root/:0
[+458.93s] DEBUG: Releasing VT 7
[+458.93s] DEBUG: Display server stopped
[+458.93s] DEBUG: Display stopped
[+458.93s] DEBUG: Active display stopped, switching to greeter
[+458.93s] DEBUG: Switching to greeter
[+458.93s] DEBUG: Starting new display for greeter
[+458.93s] DEBUG: Starting Local X Display
[+458.93s] DEBUG: Using VT 7
[+458.93s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/:0.log
[+458.93s] DEBUG: Writing X server authority to /var/run/lightdm/root/:0
[+458.93s] DEBUG: Launching X Server
[+458.94s] DEBUG: Launching process 21976: /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch
[+458.94s] DEBUG: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0
[+461.34s] DEBUG: Got signal 10 from process 21976
[+461.34s] DEBUG: Got signal from X server :0
[+461.34s] DEBUG: Connecting to XServer :0
[+461.34s] DEBUG: Starting greeter session
[+461.34s] DEBUG: pam_start("lightdm", "lightdm") -> (0xb61069b0, 0)
[+461.36s] DEBUG: pam_open_session(0xb61069b0, 0) -> 0 (Success)
[+461.36s] DEBUG: pam_setcred(0xb61069b0, PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED) -> 0 (Success)
[+461.36s] DEBUG: Starting session lightdm-gtk-greeter as user lightdm logging to /var/log/lightdm/:0-greeter.log
[+461.36s] DEBUG: PAM returns environment 'GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-hXugY4 GNOME_KEYRING_PID=21984 LANG=en_US.UTF-8'
[+461.40s] DEBUG: Opened ConsoleKit session 696421c512c6276ce7bdd9b800000009-1314030587.825318-1832666037
[+461.41s] DEBUG: Adding session authority to /var/lib/lightdm/.Xauthority
[+461.43s] DEBUG: Launching session
[+461.43s] DEBUG: Launching process 21993: LIGHTDM_FROM_SERVER_FD=21 DISPLAY=:0 HOME=/var/lib/lightdm GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-hXugY4 XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=696421c512c6276ce7bdd9b800000009-1314030587.825318-1832666037 GDMSESSION=lightdm-gtk-greeter LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LIGHTDM_TO_SERVER_FD=24 USERNAME=lightdm GNOME_KEYRING_PID=21984 DESKTOP_SESSION=lightdm-gtk-greeter XAUTHORITY=/var/lib/lightdm/.Xauthority USER=lightdm SHELL=/bin/false PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games /usr/sbin/lightdm-gtk-greeter
[+461.43s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7
[+461.43s] DEBUG: Stopping greeter display being switched from
[+461.43s] DEBUG: Display stopped
[+461.46s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from greeter
[+461.47s] DEBUG: Read 9 bytes from greeter
[+461.47s] DEBUG: Greeter connected version=0.9.2
[+461.47s] DEBUG: Wrote 108 bytes to greeter
[+463.75s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from greeter
[+463.75s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from greeter
[+463.75s] DEBUG: Greeter start authentication
[+463.75s] DEBUG: pam_start("lightdm", "(null)") -> (0xb610f190, 0)
[+463.75s] DEBUG: Prompt greeter with 1 message(s)
[+463.75s] DEBUG: Wrote 34 bytes to greeter
[+465.51s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from greeter
[+465.51s] DEBUG: Read 12 bytes from greeter
[+465.51s] DEBUG: Continue authentication
[+465.51s] DEBUG: Prompt greeter with 1 message(s)
[+465.51s] DEBUG: Wrote 42 bytes to greeter
[+466.95s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from greeter
[+466.95s] DEBUG: Read 15 bytes from greeter
[+466.95s] DEBUG: Continue authentication
[+467.10s] DEBUG: pam_authenticate(0xb610f190, 0) -> 0 (Success)
[+467.10s] DEBUG: pam_acct_mgmt(0xb610f190, 0) -> 0 (Success)
[+467.10s] DEBUG: Authenticate result for user joey: Success
[+467.10s] DEBUG: User joey authorized
[+467.10s] DEBUG: Wrote 24 bytes to greeter
[+467.10s] DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from greeter
[+467.10s] DEBUG: Read 20 bytes from greeter
[+467.10s] DEBUG: Start session lightdm-xsession
[+467.10s] DEBUG: Stopping greeter
[+467.10s] DEBUG: Removing session authority from /var/lib/lightdm/.Xauthority
[+467.35s] DEBUG: Sending signal 15 to process 21993
[+467.35s] DEBUG: Process 21993 exited with return value 0
[+467.35s] DEBUG: Greeter quit
[+467.35s] DEBUG: Ending ConsoleKit session 696421c512c6276ce7bdd9b800000009-1314030587.825318-1832666037
[+467.43s] DEBUG: pam_close_session(0xb61069b0) -> 0 (Success)
[+467.43s] DEBUG: pam_setcred(0xb61069b0, PAM_DELETE_CRED) -> 0 (Success)
[+467.43s] DEBUG: pam_end(0xb61069b0) -> 0
[+467.46s] DEBUG: pam_open_session(0xb610f190, 0) -> 0 (Success)
[+467.46s] DEBUG: pam_setcred(0xb610f190, PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED) -> 0 (Success)
[+467.46s] DEBUG: Starting user session
[+467.47s] DEBUG: Starting session lightdm-xsession as user joey logging to /home/joey/.xsession-errors
[+467.47s] DEBUG: PAM returns environment 'GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-cE59zb GNOME_KEYRING_PID=22005 LANG=en_US.UTF-8'
[+467.55s] DEBUG: Opened ConsoleKit session 696421c512c6276ce7bdd9b800000009-1314030593.947542-2122119235
[+467.55s] DEBUG: Adding session authority to /home/joey/.Xauthority
[+467.56s] DEBUG: Can't launch session default, not found in path
[+467.56s] DEBUG: Failed to start user session
[+467.56s] DEBUG: Stopping display
[+467.56s] DEBUG: Sending signal 15 to process 21976
[+467.56s] DEBUG: Removing session authority from /home/joey/.Xauthority
[+467.82s] DEBUG: Process 21976 exited with return value 0
[+467.82s] DEBUG: X server stopped
[+467.82s] DEBUG: Removing X server authority from /var/run/lightdm/root/:0
[+467.82s] DEBUG: Releasing VT 7
[+467.82s] DEBUG: Display server stopped
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