gdm and missing home directories

[Jack Neely]

I don't think I'm getting as far as starting Gnome.  Looking at slave.c
I don't see off hand what cases my session to end almost instantly.  I
put gdm in debug mode and get the same thing if I click on Yes or No.

The following is what gets logged with me using the Yes option to log me
in with / == HOME.

Jack

Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm(pam_unix)[4100]: session opened for user slack by (uid=0)
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4100]: gdm_slave_wait_for_login: end verify for 'slack'
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4100]: gdm_slave_wait_for_login: got_login for 'slack'
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4100]: Sending LOGGED_IN == 1 for slave 4100
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4100]: Sending LOGGED_IN 4100 1
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4051]: Handling message: 'LOGGED_IN 4100 1'
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4051]: Got logged in == TRUE
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4051]: (child 4100) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4100]: Sending LOGIN == slack for slave 4100
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4100]: Sending LOGIN 4100 slack
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4051]: Handling message: 'LOGIN 4100 slack'
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4051]: Got LOGIN == slack
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4051]: (child 4100) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4100]: gdm_slave_session_start: Attempting session for user 'slack'
Jul 28 22:23:09 narsil gdm[4100]: gdm_slave_session_start: Home directory for slack: '/home/slack' does not exist!
Jul 28 22:23:12 narsil gdm(pam_unix)[4100]: session closed for user slack
Jul 28 22:23:12 narsil gdm[4051]: (child 4100) gdm_slave_child_handler
Jul 28 22:23:12 narsil gdm[4100]: Sending LOGGED_IN == 0 for slave 4100
Jul 28 22:23:12 narsil gdm[4100]: Sending LOGGED_IN 4100 0
Jul 28 22:23:12 narsil gdm[4051]: Handling message: 'LOGGED_IN 4100 0'
Jul 28 22:23:12 narsil gdm[4051]: Got logged in == FALSE
Jul 28 22:23:12 narsil gdm[4051]: (child 4100) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal
Jul 28 22:23:12 narsil gdm[4100]: Sending LOGIN ==  for slave 4100
Jul 28 22:23:12 narsil gdm[4100]: Sending LOGIN 4100
Jul 28 22:23:12 narsil gdm[4051]: Handling message: 'LOGIN 4100 '
Jul 28 22:23:12 narsil gdm[4051]: Got LOGIN ==
Jul 28 22:23:12 narsil gdm[4051]: (child 4100) gdm_slave_usr2_handler: :0 got USR2 signal
Jul 28 22:23:12 narsil gdm[4100]: gdm_slave_wait_for_login: In loop

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Jack Neely <slack at quackmaster.net>
Linux Realm Kit Administration and Development 
PAMS Computer Operations at NC State University
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