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Bug 491792

Summary: gnome-base/gdm-3.8.4-r3: Can't login via gdm: Failed to give slave programs access to the display. Trying to proceed
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Juergen Rose <rose>
Component: [OLD] GNOMEAssignee: Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Juergen Rose 2013-11-20 18:02:36 UTC
I can't login via gdm. Dmesg shows:
...
[12975.175090] mount.nfs (13300) used greatest stack depth: 2840 bytes left
[13386.433321] traps: gnome-shell[15314] trap int3 ip:7fc5920318fd sp:7fffbceacc70 error:0
[13396.304032] thinkpad_acpi: unknown possible thermal alarm or keyboard event received
[13396.304036] thinkpad_acpi: unhandled HKEY event 0x6060
[13396.304037] thinkpad_acpi: please report the conditions when this event happened to ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net


'systemctl status gdm' shows:
root@thinkpadedge:/root(6)# systemctl status gdm
gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib64/systemd/system/gdm.service; disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2013-11-20 18:54:32 CET; 4min 33s ago
 Main PID: 13786 (gdm)
   CGroup: /system.slice/gdm.service
           ├─13786 /usr/sbin/gdm
           ├─13789 /usr/libexec/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Displays/_0
           └─13793 /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -background none -verbose -auth /run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-qK5hrr/database -seat seat0 -nolisten tcp vt7

Nov 20 18:54:32 thinkpadedge systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
Nov 20 18:54:33 thinkpadedge gdm[13786]: Failed to give slave programs access to the display. Trying to proceed.
Nov 20 18:54:33 thinkpadedge gdm-launch-environment][13811]: pam_systemd(gdm-launch-environment:session): Unknown parameter 'kill-session-processes...gnoring
Nov 20 18:55:03 thinkpadedge gdm-password][15193]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user rose by (unknown)(uid=0)
Nov 20 18:55:03 thinkpadedge gdm[13786]: Failed to remove slave program access to the display. Trying to proceed.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

root@thinkpadedge:/root(7)# qlist -Iv gdm
gnome-base/gdm-3.8.4-r3



root@thinkpadedge:/root(8)# emerge --info
Portage 2.2.7 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop, gcc-4.8.2, glibc-2.17, 3.12.0-gentoo x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-3.12.0-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-3230M_CPU_@_2.60GHz-with-gentoo-2.2
KiB Mem:     3632376 total,    387240 free
KiB Swap:   12582908 total,  12582800 free
Timestamp of tree: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:00:01 +0000
ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.2
distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled]
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p45
dev-java/java-config:     2.2.0
dev-lang/python:          2.7.5-r4, 3.2.5-r3, 3.3.2-r2
dev-util/cmake:           2.8.12.1-r1
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.28
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.2
sys-apps/openrc:          0.12.4
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.6-r1
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13, 2.69
sys-devel/automake:       1.10.3, 1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.13.4, 1.14
sys-devel/binutils:       2.23.2
sys-devel/gcc:            4.8.2
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.8
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4.2
sys-devel/make:           3.82-r4
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.11 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.17
Repositories: gentoo science sunrise lordvan x-portage g-cpan g-octave
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA PUEL Intel-SDP dlj-1.1 skype-eula skype-4.0.0.7-copyright googleearth AdobeFlash-11.x cadsoft Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE MakeMKV-EULA NVIDIA-CUDA GIMPS"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/lib/hsqldb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage_thinkpadedge"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/science /var/lib/layman/sunrise /var/lib/layman/lordvan /usr/local/portage /var/lib/cpan /var/lib/g-octave"
USE="64bit R X Xaw3d a52 aac acl acpi admin afs alsa amd64 ao apache2 apng applet archive armadillo arpack asf aspell atlas audacious audiofile automap automount bash-completion berkdb blas blast bluetooth bluray boost branding bzip2 cairo cdda cddb cdf cdio cdparanoia cdr cgi chm cli cmake consolekit cracklib crypt css cups curl cxx daap db dbi dbm dbus declarative designer devhelp device-mapper dga dia dirac djvu doc dot dri ds2490 ds9097 ds9097u dts dv dvb dvd dvdr dvi dynamicplugin eds egl elf emacs emboss emf encode epiphany evo examples exif expat extensions extra extras faac faad fam ffmpeg fftw firefox fits flac fltk fontconfig foomaticdb fortran fortran95 fpm fpx fuse g3dvl garmin gcj gd gdal gdbm gdu gedit geoip geolocation geos gfortran gif gimp git glade glib glpk gml gmp gnome gnome-keyring gnome-print gnuplot gnutls gold gphoto2 gpm grammar graphics graphtft graphviz grass gsl gsm gstreamer gtk gtk3 gudev guile hddtemp hdf hdf5 hdri html http httpd hvm hwdb iconv icq icu id3 id3tag ide imagemagick imap inotify introspection ipod ipv6 ithreads jabber jadetex jbig john jpeg jpeg2k kate kdepim kdrive kerberos keymap kpathsea kvm ladspa lame lapack laptop latex lcms ldap lensfun libffi libkms libnotify libsamplerate live lm_sensors lua lzma lzo mad mail maildir mapnik math matroska media-library mercurial mikmod mmx mmxext mng mod modules mono motif mozilla mp3 mp4 mpeg mpi mplayer mtp mudflap multilib multimedia musepack musicbrainz mysql mysqli nautilus ncurses netcdf netpbm network networking networkmanager nfs nls nntp nptl nsplugin ntfs ntp numpy obex objc ocaml ocr octave odbc ofa ogdi ogg openexr opengl openmp openvg pam pango pcre pda pdf perl plasma plotutils plugins png podcast policykit portaudio posix postgres postscript ppds preview-latex proj projectm projectx pstricks pulseaudio python python-bindings q16 q32 qemu qhull qt3support qt4 quicktime raw readline real reiserfs reports rhythmbox rle romio rpc rrdcgi rrdtool samba sasl schroedinger science sdk sdl secure-delete semantic-desktop server session shout sip slang slp smart smbclient smp sms sndfile snmp soap sockets sound soup sox speex spell sql sqlite sse sse2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification stlport subtitles subversion sudo suexec svg svm swig systemd szip t1lib tcl tcpd tex tex4ht texmacs tgif theora thesaurus thinkpad threads thunderbird tidy tiff tk tools truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb userlocales utempter v4l vaapi vala valgrind vdpau video virt-network virtualbox visio vorbis vpx wav webdav webdav-serf webkit wifi wmf wxwidgets x264 xa xattr xcb xemacs xetex xext xft xine xml xmlreader xmlrpc xpm xv xvid xvmc yaml youtube zlib zvbi" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_core authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_core authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info lbmethod_byrequests log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif slotmem_shm so socache_shmcb speling status unique_id unixd userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="canon fuji ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CURL_SSL="nss" DRACUT_MODULES="caps dm lvm mdraid syslog" DVB_CARDS="usb-wt220u" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev synaptics void" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="cfontz hd44780 mtxorb ncurses X lcd2usb lcdlinux png usblcd" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="de fr ru" NETBEANS_MODULES="apisupport cnd dlight enterprise ergonomics groovy gsf harness ide identity j2ee java mobility nb php profiler ruby websvccommon xml" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="arm i386 x86_64" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="arm i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, SYNC, USE_PYTHON
Comment 1 Juergen Rose 2013-11-20 19:03:57 UTC
Login as root via gdm works or as user rose via ssh works. There is not any file in the home directory of rose, which is not owned by rose:

rose@thinkpadedge:/home/rose(3)$ ls -la
insgesamt 332
drwxr-xr-x 19 rose rose   4096 20. Nov 20:00 .
drwxr-xr-x  6 root root   4096 20. Nov 19:56 ..
-rw-------  1 rose rose   1376 20. Nov 20:00 .ICEauthority
-rw-------  1 rose rose    232 20. Nov 19:55 .Xauthority
-rw-------  1 rose rose    603 20. Nov 19:06 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--  1 rose rose  76807 19. Nov 02:42 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--  1 rose rose 157388 19. Nov 02:42 .bashrc
drwx------  5 rose rose   4096 20. Nov 20:01 .cache
drwx------ 15 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 03:59 .config
drwx------  3 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 02:24 .dbus
-rw-r--r--  1 rose rose    277 19. Nov 04:15 .emacs
drwxr-xr-x  3 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 02:24 .local
drwx------  2 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 02:34 .ssh
drwx------  2 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 02:45 .unison
drwxr-x---  2 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 04:15 .xemacs
drwxr-xr-x  2 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 02:24 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x  2 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 02:24 Documents
drwxr-xr-x  2 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 02:24 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x  2 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 02:24 Music
drwxr-xr-x  2 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 02:24 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x  2 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 02:24 Public
drwxr-xr-x  2 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 02:24 Templates
drwxr-xr-x  3 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 02:31 Txt
drwxr-xr-x  2 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 02:24 Videos
-rw-r-----  1 rose rose     88 19. Nov 04:27 list_installed_gentoo_pkgs.log
-rw-r--r--  1 rose rose   1223 20. Nov 20:00 login.log
drwxr-x---  2 rose rose   4096 19. Nov 04:16 private_lisp


rose@thinkpadedge:/home/rose(4)$ find . -ls | grep root
1835522    4 -rw-------   1 rose     rose           56 Nov 19 04:25 ./.local/share/gvfs-metadata/root
1835523   32 -rw-r--r--   1 rose     rose        32768 Nov 19 04:25 ./.local/share/gvfs-metadata/root-4bca0b8e.log
1835414   16 -rw-r--r--   1 rose     rose        14215 Nov 19 02:45 ./Txt/projects/IVD_soeren/Cameras/Tucsen/Examples_from_Developers_Guide_without_QT/test_binaries_armv6l_3.6.11+_DEBIAN_root_usbgroup-NO.log
Comment 2 Juergen Rose 2013-11-20 19:12:06 UTC
After reboot, I could also login as user rose via gdm.
Comment 3 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2013-12-24 13:27:59 UTC
Are you still hitting this? :|
Comment 4 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2014-03-19 22:32:05 UTC
(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #3)
> Are you still hitting this? :|

Also try with 3.10.0.1-r1
Comment 5 Juergen Rose 2014-03-21 19:35:11 UTC
(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #4)
> (In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #3)
> > Are you still hitting this? :|
> 
> Also try with 3.10.0.1-r1

I still have the same issue, also with gdm-3.10.0.1-r1. It seems to be connected with permissions of /run/user/1203 , where 1203 is my UID. Very often, if I can't loging via gdm or if I am logged in, but the gnome desktop is locked (mostly CTL-ALT-F1 is still working, sometimes I can only relogin via ssh), /run/user/1203/dconf/ or files in /run/user/1203/dconf/dconf/ changed is ownership from rose to root.

Regards
Comment 6 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2014-03-22 08:36:28 UTC
This is another instance of bug 496974 then :S

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 496974 ***