On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 15:53 -0400, David Abrahams wrote: > Hi, > > After a couple of unclean system shutdowns, I'm unable to start > gdm except in "failsafe mode." I get a dialog saying "your session > lasted less than 10 seconds" and advising me to examine my > .xsession-errors, which reads: > > /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp > /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l ":0" "dave" > write wtmp entry: No such process Can you login to gnome-session using "Failsafe" session from gdm prompt. This should open up a xterm window. Run gnome-session manually from this terminal window, and check the output. > > I've attached a compressed Xorg.0.log, which ends with a string of > > drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > drmOpenDevice: open result is 6, (OK) > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 6 > drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card1 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1023 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card2 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > ... > > etc., culminated in this truncated entry: > > drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1023 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card165 > drmOpenDevice: ope > > I can't tell whether this issue needs to be fixed at the gdm, xorg, or > fglrx level (or somewhere else) so I'd appreciate any useful > information you have. > > Thanks, > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list -- Ritesh Khadgaray LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919822394463 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
