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Hardy Heron Alpha 2 - GDM login screen restarts to infinitum if some process crashes

Bug #181478 reported by pablo_g on 2008-01-09

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Ubuntu	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

I detected something very annoying yesterday. After login into gdm, and after the system started new processes, i suddenly noticed that screen got black and then I saw the GDM login screen again. Then I had to put the username and retype my password, and then the same problem again. So I thought that the only way to stop this loop was killing X and then I had to disable Compiz at startup. So everything was ok, but then again the same problem when I used a program that I run with Wine, it breaks, and I got the GDM login screen again. I think that if a program breaks there is no reason for this with GDM to happen.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2008-01-09:

#1

Thanks for your report, please include as attachments the following files: /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /var/log/gdm/:0.log thanks.

Changed in gdm:
status:	New → Incomplete

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pablo_g (pablogastonbodnar) wrote on 2008-01-10:

#2

Xorg.0.log Edit (23.2 KiB, text/plain)

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pablo_g (pablogastonbodnar) wrote on 2008-01-10:

#3

:0.log Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain)

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2008-01-10:

#4

looks like xorg crashing, not a gdm bug anyway

Changed in gdm:
status:	Incomplete → New

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote on 2008-01-10:

#5

You don't seem to have all needed packages installed, probably you are lacking the latest linux-restricted-modules-generic.

Please also attach your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Changed in xorg:
status:	New → Incomplete

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pablo_g (pablogastonbodnar) wrote on 2008-01-10:

#6

You are right. After installing latest linux-restricted-modules-generic everything is ok.

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote on 2008-01-10:

#7

Good to hear, closing the bug.

Changed in xorg:
status:	Incomplete → Invalid

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mabovo (mabovo) wrote on 2008-03-16:

#8

var/log/gdm/0.log Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain)

Playing openarena no problem occurs until game over when a message in black screen appears "press any key to return" but at this point no commands are accepted to return to desktop area. Ctrl+alt+backspace is the only one possible to use and restart login but mouseemu in touchpad is disabled. If I attach an external mouse I can mode cursor. Sometimes when you press ctrl+alt+del display return with a black screen and mouse cursor frozen in the middle of the screen.

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