My Gnome-Desktop doesn't start from GDM
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gdm (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gdm
I have a problem familiar with bug #136529, where my Gnome-Desktop doesn't start from GDM.
I have Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon x86 installed. The radeon-driver for my graphics card (ATI Radeon X800) and the 3d desktop running. Before the bug appeared I had an update (quite big - approximately 30 MB of download-size). Unfortunately I didn't restart after that and I continued to install new software from the repositories (Tex Live, Lyx, the latex-plugin for gedit) also I installed Warcraft 3 with its addon Frozen Throne on wine. Finally I changed some folder-ownerships from root to my normal user-account within my home-directory.
On the next day as I entered username, password and finally hit return into the GDM login window, Gnome didn't start at all. Instead the following message in .xsession-errors comes up:
(process:5691): Gtk-WARNING **: This process is currently running setuid or setgid.
This is not a supported use of GTK+. You must create a helper
program instead. For further details, see:
http://
Refusing to initialize GTK+.
(process:5695): Gtk-WARNING **: This process is currently running setuid or setgid.
This is not a supported use of GTK+. You must create a helper
program instead. For further details, see:
http://
Refusing to initialize GTK+.
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
/etc/profile: 17: id: not found
/etc/gdm/Xsession: 178: grep: not found
/etc/gdm/Xsession: 191: ls: not found
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Executing /usr/bin/
exec: 204: x-terminal-
I tried the offered solutions from #136529 the best I could. But it didn't work (altering privileges to /tmp, remove gdm from boot, creating an alternate user, deleting .gnome2-directory from my home-folder, starting X from terminal). I suceeded in starting Gnome from recovery-mode with root-privileges via startx. But not with my ordinary user account.
Thank you very much for your help in advance.
Kind regards
Frank
| Matt T. Proud (matttproud-google) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in gdm: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Frank Steudle (tigerscar-maillisten) wrote | #2 |
| Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in gdm: | |
| status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
Frank,
Not to discount any of the problem's background, but it almost appears as if ${PATH} became mangled for the X startup scripts.
How are you starting X? [GDM, XDM, KDM, or startx]
If you use GDM, what session are you using? Can you include its exact name? [Default System Session, GNOME, ion3]
Do you have any custom X startup script? ${HOME}/.Xclients ${HOME}/.xinitrc ${HOME}/.xsession
Would you be willing to edit ``/etc/profile'' above line 17, where ``id'' is called and add ``echo MY_PATH: ${PATH}''
Include that output in a response.
You'll probably want to comment that echo line after you're done diagnosing.