[gentoo-user] SystemD + Gnome 3.8 I can log in as root but not as normal user

[Carlos Sura]

Hello Mates,

I finally thought that I got this working, so now I am dealing this issue:

I choose the latest kernel with systemd and GDM starts good, but I cannot log in to gnome as a normal user, I can only log in to gnome as root.

What I have done before this started:

emerge -uDvaN world

emerge --depclean --ask

emerge @preserved-rebuild

Then it just happened.

What I've tried so far:

- .xinitrc with exec gnome-session for user and root

-  emerge -1 $( qlist -IC x11-drivers/ )

- emerge @x11-module-rebuild

-  X -configure

Another note:

Starting gnome as normal user just hang, apparently it wants to start but it cannot start. Neither doing: startx.

I am using for xorg:

VIDEO_CARDS="intel vesa"

Any help?

Regards

--

Carlos Sura.-

www.carlossura.com

www.carlossura.com/blog

[Jochen Kirchner]

Hi,

have you looked in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log?

And I think the GDM session log is in /home/*user*/.cache/gdm/session.log.

Regards,

Jochen

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[Carlos Sura]

Hello Jochen,

Thank you for your help.

Here is the Xorg log: http://tny.cz/69b4662a

Regarding the gdm session.log I don't have it. Here is the /var/log/gdm/:0.log : http://tny.cz/35e886e2

Here is my emerge --info: http://tny.cz/10262247

[Carlos Sura]

In another note:

I've just installed enlightenment and it works fine. Gnome works fine ONLY as root, but not as normal user.

[Jochen Kirchner]

hm, that's strange. Is your user in the video group?

And I don't think you need vesa in VIDEO_CARDS. intel should be sufficient.

Best Regards,

[Walter Dnes]

On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 12:30:51AM -0600, Carlos Sura wrote

> Hello Mates,
>
> I finally thought that I got this working, so now I am dealing this issue:
> I choose the latest kernel with systemd and GDM starts good, but I cannot
> log in to gnome as a normal user, I can only log in to gnome as root.
>
> What I have done before this started:
>
> emerge -uDvaN world
> emerge --depclean --ask
> emerge @preserved-rebuild
>
> Then it just happened.
>
> What I've tried so far:
> - .xinitrc with exec gnome-session for user and root
> - emerge -1 $( qlist -IC x11-drivers/ )
> - emerge @x11-module-rebuild
> - X -configure
>
>
> Another note:
> Starting gnome as normal user just hang, apparently it wants to start but
> it cannot start. Neither doing: startx.

Can you temporarily rename your Gnome config file/directory on your
system, and see if it'll work with a fresh start?

Another option to try, just as a test only, is...

USE="suid" emerge -pv --update --changed-use world

Does that bring up anything related to Gnome?

--
Walter Dnes <walt...@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

[Canek Peláez Valdés]

Could you please boot up your machine, let GDM start, and then from a
console do "systemctl --all --full", and post here its output? Also,
can you try to do:

USE="systemd -consolekit policykit" emerge -uDNvp world

Does any package wants to be reemerged?

Lastly, does your kernel contains all the configuration options
required by systemd/udev?

Regards.
--
Canek Peláez Valdés
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

[Shawn Wilson]

rm ~/.Xauthority

[Carlos Sura]

This did not worked out:

USE="suid" emerge -pv --update --changed-use world

it did not showed anything to emerge.

[Carlos Sura]

Hi,

I do have -consolekit systemd policykit and yes, my kernel is properly configured.

To avoid playing around I did reinstalled it again! and guess what?

After installing gnome-tweak-tools and shell-extensions and use the tweak tools to do some changes, after reboot, again: blank screen trying to start gnome.

So, I unmerged the packages and did:

emerge @preserved-rebuild

revdep-rebuild

emerge -1 gnome

but seems not to work, again, I can log in as root, not as user.

[Carlos Sura]

Update:

I was desperate trying to rebuild everything or reinstalling or whatever idea I had. So, my logic said: if root works why others users wont?, then I decided to create another user, and guess what? it worked.

So I removed my user and then created a new one and it worked.

Yeah this is fine and great that worked, but I would like to know: Why?

Thanks.

[Michael Higgins]

Whenever I have trouble with gnome, the first thing I do is remove
any .gnome*-type folders in ~/.

My guess is that in some cases gnome saved data isn't compatible with
the new gnome configuration.

Cheers,

--
- -
- Michael Higgins -

[Canek Peláez Valdés]

On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Carlos Sura <carlos...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Update:
>
> I was desperate trying to rebuild everything or reinstalling or whatever
> idea I had. So, my logic said: if root works why others users wont?, then I
> decided to create another user, and guess what? it worked.
>
> So I removed my user and then created a new one and it worked.
>
> Yeah this is fine and great that worked, but I would like to know: Why?

Please don't top-post.

When this kind of thing happens, remove $HOME/.config. In theory, that
should get you a clean slate.