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bug#44944: Unable to log into X session via gdm
From: |
Maxim Cournoyer |
Subject: |
bug#44944: Unable to log into X session via gdm |
Date: |
Fri, 16 Sep 2022 17:03:50 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
> /var/lib/gdm/.local/share/xorg:
> total 132
> drwxr-xr-x 1 nixbld04 opendht 96 Dec 8 2021 .
> drwxr-xr-x 1 nixbld04 opendht 72 Dec 7 2021 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 nixbld04 opendht 52932 Dec 8 2021 Xorg.0.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 nixbld04 opendht 53878 Dec 8 2021 Xorg.0.log.old
> -rw-r--r-- 1 nixbld04 opendht 10481 Dec 8 2021 Xorg.1.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 nixbld04 opendht 10481 Dec 8 2021 Xorg.1.log.old
>
> We have some logic in %gdm-activation that was supposed to fix that, but
> it doesn't kick in, because it has some optimization to not recurse if
> the top dir has the correct permissions, and since d429878daf3 the top
> directory permissions are always controlled at system activation time
> (and this must happen before the gdm activation script runs).
>
> I'll follow-up with a patch that puts /var/lib/gdm on a tmpfs. This
> should avoid many pitfalls people have had.
Pushed as d7e56aebec.
This should fix the issue for good!
Closing.
Maxim