Bug 11164

Summary:	XFCE installs gdm but fails to start - 4alpha2 DVD 32
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	claire robinson <eeeemail>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Jani Välimaa <jani.valimaa>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal	CC:	davidwhodgins, derekjenn, ennael1
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	4alpha2
Source RPM:		CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	report.bug.xz journal.txt gdm.log renamed from /var/log/gdm/:0.log Xorg.0.log

Description claire robinson 2013-09-04 20:33:30 CEST

4alpha2 DVD 32 with default XFCE installation (date.txt 3rd sept before separate DE installs revert)

After the main package installation it asked to also install GDM.

After reboot it failed to start GDM so no XFCE.

I'll attach some logs

Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

claire robinson 2013-09-04 20:34:25 CEST

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins, derekjenn, ennael1
Assignee: bugsquad => jani.valimaa
Whiteboard: (none) => 4alpha2

Comment 1 claire robinson 2013-09-04 20:35:05 CEST

Created attachment 4324 [details]
report.bug.xz

Comment 2 claire robinson 2013-09-04 20:35:31 CEST

Created attachment 4325 [details]
journal.txt

Comment 3 claire robinson 2013-09-04 20:36:18 CEST

Created attachment 4326 [details]
gdm.log renamed from /var/log/gdm/:0.log

Comment 4 claire robinson 2013-09-04 20:36:39 CEST

Created attachment 4327 [details]
Xorg.0.log

Comment 5 Jani Välimaa 2013-09-04 21:44:56 CEST

And what does 'systemctl status prefdm.service' say?

Comment 6 claire robinson 2013-09-04 22:39:02 CEST

Says it's started gdm --nodaemon

Comment 7 claire robinson 2013-09-04 22:51:45 CEST

# systemctl status prefdm.service
prefdm.service - Display Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/prefdm.service; static)
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2013-09-04 19:22:47 BST; 2h 28min ago
 Main PID: 724 (gdm)
   CGroup: /system.slice/prefdm.service
           ââ724 /usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
           ââ927 /usr/libexec/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Displays/_0
           ââ994 /etc/X11/X :0 -background none -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-ZJ16Tc/database -seat seat0 -nolisten tcp vt1

Sep 04 19:22:47 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Display Manager...
Sep 04 19:22:47 localhost systemd[1]: Started Display Manager.

Comment 8 Jani Välimaa 2013-09-05 15:40:42 CEST

And no login window at all?

What if you install pkg gnome-session?

Comment 9 claire robinson 2013-09-05 15:44:45 CEST

It was just a blank screen. I'm not able to replicate this now as the feature enabling singular XFCE installation was reverted for now so it might be related.

I'll have to test again with alpha3, or somebody could test with the boot.iso when the feature is re-implemented.

Comment 10 Jani Välimaa 2013-09-05 15:47:29 CEST

OK. When it's re-implemented we/I should take care that lightdm is the default dm for Xfce.

Comment 11 Jani Välimaa 2013-09-05 16:34:15 CEST

Actually this can be reproduced after installing minimal Xfce with other dm than gdm. After installing gdm there's no greeter window unless one installs gnome-shell also.

Added gnome-shell requires to gdm 3.9.90-2 and thus closing this as FIXED. Feel free to reopen if needed.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 12 claire robinson 2013-09-05 16:37:07 CEST

Thanks Jani