Unable to log back in.]

[Jonathan Hudson]

Graham Martin wrote:
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> 
> 
> Graham Martin wrote the following on 30.04.2006 07:16:

>> This is a copy of my ./xsession-errors file below.
>>
>> ***********
>> /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" "graham"
>> /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
>> No profile for user 'graham' found
>>
>> (process:5450): Gtk-WARNING **: This process is currently running
> setuid
>> or setgid.
>> This is not a supported use of GTK. You must create a helper
>> program instead. For further details, see:
>>
>>     http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html
>> Refusing to initialize GTK.
>>
>> *************

> Are you able to log in Console? What gives you:
> $ ls -l /.ICEauthorityi   k9copy                          - DVD backup
> tool for KDE
> 
> If this file is owned by root delete it and try to login via X again.
> 
> bye Thilo
> 
> Hi Thilo,
> Thanks for your reply.
> Yes I can log into a console and run MC and I checked to
> see who owned .ICEauthority and it is owned by me (graham).
> Thanks for your help I will keep trying.
> Regards Graham.

Similar problem here when I run invoke "keychain" from .gnomerc to
provide persistent ssh credentials across GDM logins (the same
setuid/setgid failure). Moving keychain to session startup removes the
problem, albeit at the cost of having to reenter the ssh passphrase
every login.

In fact, it seems that if there is an extant ssh-agent (so
gnome-session gets invoked as '/usr/bin/dbus-launch
--exit-with-session /usr/bin/gnome-session' (vice ' /usr/bin/ssh-agent
/usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/gnome-session') then
it fails the uid test. Happens on 4 computers involving three
architectures (PPC32, IA32, AMD64).

-jonathan