[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#643844: Bug#643844: lightdm: doesn't start at all

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

Please keep bug number on CC.

On ven., 2011-09-30 at 13:33 +0200, Domenico Cufalo wrote:
> 2011/9/30 Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac at debian.org>
> 
> > On ven., 2011-09-30 at 12:48 +0200, Domenico Cufalo wrote:
> > > [+2.48s] DEBUG: Starting session lightdm-gtk-greeter as user lightdm
> > logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0-greeter.log
> > > [+2.52s] DEBUG: Greeter user got prompt, aborting authentication
> > > [+2.52s] DEBUG: pam_authenticate(0xb97bdc00, 0) -> 7 (Authentication
> > failure)
> > > [+2.52s] DEBUG: Greeter user failed authentication
> > > [+85.08s] DEBUG: Got signal 15 from process 4865
> > > [+85.08s] DEBUG: Caught Terminated signal, shutting down
> >
> > It seems to start just fine but then fail pam authentication. Does the
> > lightdm user exist? Maybe look at the x-0-greeter.log too.
> >
> >
> I added myself to lightdm group, but... nothing!

That's unrelated, I asked if the lightdm user existed. Don't add
yourself to that group, it's a complete mistake.
> 
> Here is my greeter.log:

I asked for the /var/log/lightdm/x-0-greeter.log

> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Connecting to display manager...
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Wrote 17 bytes to daemon
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from daemon
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Read 101 bytes from daemon
> *** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Connected version=0.9.7
> default-session=lightdm-xsession hide-users=false has-guest-account=false
> *** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Loading background

That looks like the wrong log indeed.

> /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Using theme Clearlooks
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Default theme is 'Clearlooks'
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Loading users from
> org.freedesktop.Accounts
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Loading user
> /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User1000
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Loading sessions from
> org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Loaded session
> /usr/share/xsessions/lightdm-xsession.desktop (Default Xsession, )
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Loaded session
> /usr/share/xsessions/LXDE.desktop (LXDE, LXDE - Lightweight X11 desktop
> environment)
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Loaded session
> /usr/share/xsessions/openbox.desktop (Openbox Session, Use this session to
> run Openbox as your desktop environment)
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Loaded session
> /usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop (GNOME, Questa sessione esegue l'accesso
> in GNOME)
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Ignoring session
> /usr/share/xsessions/openbox-kde.desktop
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Loaded session
> /usr/share/xsessions/openbox-gnome.desktop (GNOME/Openbox, Use the Openbox
> window manager inside of the GNOME desktop environment)
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Starting authentication for user
> domenico...
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Wrote 24 bytes to daemon
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from daemon
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Read 38 bytes from daemon
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Prompt user with 1 message(s)
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Providing response to display manager
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Wrote 19 bytes to daemon
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Read 8 bytes from daemon
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Read 20 bytes from daemon
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Authentication complete for user
> domenico with return code 0
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Starting session LXDE
> ** (lightdm-gtk-greeter:1774): DEBUG: Wrote 16 bytes to daemon
> 
> Mmm.... very strange mention of the old version of lightdm...

Yes, this is the wrong log, please provide the correct one.
> 
> 
> 
> > Did it work before the upgrade? Is there something special about your
> > config? Did you change something to lightdm.conf or
> > lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf?
> >
> > Yes, il worked, but before yesterday's upgrade (see my bug about dpkg).

Well, this one is fixed now, isn't it?

> I usually let the installer overwrite my configurations with those of the
> maintainer.

Ok.


Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis
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