Bug 476856 – gnome-base/gdm-3.8.3.1 doesn't display login screen

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description Harris Landgarten 2013-07-14 22:39:59 UTC]

After gdm-3.8.3.1 upgrade along with systemd, gdm no longer displays a login dialog.

After starting it activates all my monitors and after about 20-30 seconds I get gnome wallpaper with a clock and a speaker icon buy no login screen

I enabled the systemd use flag globally and rebuilt all those packages. I also uninstalled udev. I set the openrc flag in systemd as well.

startx runs gnome-3.8 without issue so that is what I am using now.

This is what ps -ef | grep gdm shows after I cntl-c out of the failed gdm launch:

root      3852     1  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/gdm
root      3855  3852  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Displays/_0
root      3860  3855  0 15:07 tty7     00:00:08 /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -background none -verbose -auth /run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-DFMSxn/database -nolisten tcp vt7
root      3880  3855  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 gdm-session-worker [pam/gdm-launch-environment]
gdm       3884  3880  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/gnome-session --autostart /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart
gdm       3887     1  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/gnome-session --autostart /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart
gdm       3888     1  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
gdm       3891     1  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/at-spi-bus-launcher
gdm       3895  3891  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --config-file=/etc/at-spi2/accessibility.conf --nofork --print-address 3
gdm       3898     1  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/at-spi2-registryd --use-gnome-session
gdm       3904  3884  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
gdm       3991     1  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
gdm       3998  3991  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/pulse/gconf-helper
gdm       4001     1  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/gconfd-2
gdm       4008     1  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/dconf-service
gdm       4026     1  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/mission-control-5
gdm       4035     1  0 15:07 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/goa-daemon
gdm       4511     1  0 15:09 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/gnome-session-failed --allow-logout --extensions

[Comment 1 Pacho Ramos 2013-07-15 06:45:08 UTC]

Maybe this is a dupe of bug 476848, please see at the end of logind output looking for errors

[Comment 2 Pacho Ramos 2013-07-20 08:37:51 UTC]

Some problems could be solved with gnome-settings-daemon-3.8.4, if not, try:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=476848#c31