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shrike
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Location: Closer to home
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 Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:26 pm Post subject: Login via Slim now = Black Screen, startx ok |
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Hi,
Following a recent 'world' update (~amd64) I get just a black screen after entering UsrID/passwd. rc-status shows xdm 'crashed' from tty1. The setup for xfce/Slim login seems ok:
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cat /etc/conf.d/xdm
# We always try and start X on a static VT. The various DMs normally default
# to using VT7. If you wish to use the xdm init script, then you should ensure
# that the VT checked is the same VT your DM wants to use. We do this check to
# ensure that you haven't accidentally configured something to run on the VT
# in your /etc/inittab file so that you don't get a dead keyboard.
CHECKVT=7
# What display manager do you use ? [ xdm | gdm | kdm | gpe | entrance ]
# NOTE: If this is set in /etc/rc.conf, that setting will override this one.
DISPLAYMANAGER="slim"
cat /etc/env.d/90xsession
XSESSION="Xfce4"
cat .xinitrc
exec > /home/shrike/.xsession-errors 2>&1
exec startxfce4
# exec startxfce4 --with-ck-launch
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Log files show errors:
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cat /var/log/slim.log
slim: waiting for X server to begin accepting connections.
slim: open_session: Unable to open session: Unable to get information about the calling process
cat .xsession-errors
/usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1583): polkit-gnome-1-WARNING **: Unable to determine the session we are in: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.GeneralError: Unable to lookup session information for process '1583'
(xfdesktop:1551): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_file_get_path: assertion 'G_IS_FILE (file)' failed
(xfdesktop:1551): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_file_get_path: assertion 'G_IS_FILE (file)' failed
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Yet with this information I don't see a cause. Bug 499738 seems a possibility.
Thanks,
shrike |
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opascariu
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Joined: 08 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
I experience the same issue, after an world update.
My slim.log, besides the lines posted by shrike, also contain the following lines
| Code: | slim: waiting for X server to begin accepting connections.
slim: pam_authentication(): Authentication failure
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It seems that an workaround would be to compile slim without pam and consolekit, which makes me believe that bug #499738 is not the cause of this issue.
Last edited by opascariu on Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:33 am; edited 1 time in total |
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manny15
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:33 am Post subject: |
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I have the same symptom, but my slim.log looks a bit different:
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slim: waiting for X server to begin accepting connections.
slim: open_session: Unable to open session: Unable to get information about the calling process
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opascariu
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| Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:31 am Post subject: |
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@manny15
Those lines appear in my slim.log also, but they were mentioned by shrike and I have omitted them from my post.
Sorry for the confusion |
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jetboo
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 26 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:31 am Post subject: |
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Hi, im also having the same issue
| Code: | | slim: open_session: Unable to open session: Unable to get information about the calling process |
startx works fine tho
Jetboo |
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Mistwolf
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Joined: 07 Mar 2007
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Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:56 am Post subject: |
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If you have the line
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in your logs, the issue is https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501330. It appears that it is caused by upgrading to GLib 2.38. |
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