On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 12:37:31PM -0200, Jose Romildo Malaquias wrote: > On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 02:09:07PM +0200, Pavel Rozenboim wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jose Romildo Malaquias [mailto:romildo@uber.com.br] > > > Sent: Wed, October 16, 2002 12:45 PM > > > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > > > Subject: INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 04:59:36PM -0300, José Romildo > > > Malaquias wrote: > > > > > > > > My new installed RHL 8.0 system was configured > > > > to login using gdm. But, except for the first > > > > time the system was started, I was unable to > > > > run the X Window System. After system > > > > initialization, I get the message telling > > > > me that > > > > > > > > INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > > > > > > > > and after 5 five minutes the message repeats > > > > on my Linux console, periodically. > > > > > > > > When changed from the graphical login to the > > > > text login, and restarting X manualy with > > > > startx, the problem does not appear. > > > > > > > > Any clues on what is going on and how to > > > > solve the problem? > > > > > > I have conducted some tests: > > > > > > # cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop > > > DESKTOP="GNOME" > > > # /etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon > > > # echo $? > > > 2 > > > # /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon > > > /usr/bin/gdm: line 175: `mc-transparent-set': not a valid identifier > > > # echo $? > > > 2 > > > # sh /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon > > > /usr/bin/gdm: line 175: `mc-transparent-set': not a valid identifier > > > # echo $? > > > 2 > > > # ls -l /bin/sh > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 1 18:10 /bin/sh -> bash* > > > # bash /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon > > > > > It think, bash simulates traditional sh behaviour, when run as /bin/sh, and > > advanced bash scripts may be incompatible with it. > > Correct. From the bash man page: > "If bash is invoked with the name sh, it tries to mimic the > startup behavior of historical versions of sh as closely as > possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as well." > > > > The last command succeeded. Conclusion: it does make a difference if > > > the /usr/bin/gdm script is started with /bin/sh or /bin/bash, > > > although /bin/sh is a symbolic link to /bin/bash. Editing the > > > script /usr/bin/gdm and changing the first line, which reads > > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > > > to > > > > > > #!/bin/bash > > > > > > and running > > > > > > # /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon > > > > > > also succeeds. > > > > > > Is there any reason for me seeing this behaviour in my RHL 8.0 > > > box? Is anybody else seeing this? I remember seeing a report > > > of this error in the limbo-list when (null) was being > > > tested, but no satisfactory solution. > > > > I'm running gdm on 2 Psyche machines without a problem, and I also used it > > successfully with (null). I never had to modify either prefdm or gdm > > scripts. Btw, your gdm script complains about line 175, while mine has only > > 11 lines. > > But my /usr/bin/gdm script is also only 11 lines and it does not > use any advanced bash features, althogh it sources the > /etc/profile script, which in turn source all /etc/profile.d/*.sh > scripts wich are readable. > > It turns out that I have a custom script /etc/profile.d/localsetup.sh > which defines a function named mc-transparent-set and then, in line > 175, defines a new function using the same name. When in POSIX mode, > bash (called as sh) flags an error at this line. When in normal > mode, bash (called as bash) flags no error. The error (when running with sh) is not exactly that, but the name itself, were the hyphen (-) is not allowed. > So, what shells are expected to source the /etc/profile script > at startup? Both sh and bash? If so, the scripts /etc/profile.d/*.sh > should not use any non sh behaviour of bash, right? > > This same script /etc/profile.d/localsetup.sh was present in my > box running RHL 7.3 (before installing 8.0) and there was no > such problem. Does anybody still have /usr/bin/gdm from RHL 7.3 > to compare with the one from RHL 8.0? Romildo -- Prof. José Romildo Malaquias romildo@uber.com.br Departamento de Computação malaquias@iceb.ufop.br Univ. Federal de Ouro Preto http://uber.com.br/romildo -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
