Cannot login corretly

[noorez]

Hi, I'm quite new to Gentoo (not linux, been using Ubuntu) and I've just managed to install it on the VirtualBox. I also, installed x11-server,xdm,gnome and gdm.

For a while I was able to login in and out with gdm and use Gnome. But now, when I attempt to login with gdm it appears to crash then go right back to the gdm login screen. I tested this with xdm login screen and it gave me the same result.

I don't really know whats happening, but the last thing I did was try and set a maximum resolution of a VirutalBox window to 1024x768 with the VirtualBoxManage command....even after I undid this, I still got the error.

[potatoface]

are you able to login on the command line without xdm or gdm?
you could look at /var/log/xdm.log or /var/log/gdm.log for a hint...

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potatoface
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[noorez]

I am able to login normally on the command line.

here is the xdm log. there was no gdm.log

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X Window System Version 1.3.0
Release Date: 19 April 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 #1 SMP Sat Aug 16 16:12:02 MDT 2008 i686
Build Date: 17 August 2008
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Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Aug 18 07:57:44 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(II) Module already built-in
(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
<stdin>:30:1: error: unterminated #if
/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0: line 3: xconsole: command not found
AUDIT: Mon Aug 18 07:58:43 2008: 12885 X: client 3 rejected from local host (uid 0)
Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

X Window System Version 1.3.0
Release Date: 19 April 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 #1 SMP Sat Aug 16 16:12:02 MDT 2008 i686
Build Date: 17 August 2008
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Aug 18 07:58:54 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
xdm error (pid 12881): Display :0 is being disabled
(II) Module already built-in
(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

[potatoface]

some time ago i had this problem with slim, i found no solution so i unmerged it and now i use xdm only...

i would try to unmerge gdm and emerge it again. if it doesnt work you could try to remerge the dependencies of gdm.
for a list of the deps have a look here but dont forget to use emerge --oneshot so that they are not added to your world file...

regards,
potatoface
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[notHerbert]

Please post /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[noorez]

I re-emerged gdm and it appears to be working fine now........would you still like the log? I don't it it will contain the information that you want since i've now managed to login several times successfully now?......