Re: Various startup problems

[Ritesh Khadgaray <khadgaray gmail com>]

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
> 
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