Bugzilla – Bug 346758
the logon screen is blocking
Last modified: 2008-05-02 14:21:24 UTC
Since latest update, sometimes, my logon screen is blocking before viewing username/password (always the grey screen) I'm not alone on my company ! Serge Tellier serge.tellier@opns.be
Which displaymanager are you using? kdm or gdm? Check /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager --> DISPLAYMANAGER.
I use Gnome only (the other guy also) This is only at boot. Some case when I boot with my USB mouse plugged (but not always) My video card is ATI HD 2400 XT Serge
So it's likely gdm.
Created attachment 186457 [details] See log boot messages
My colleague come back to xorg-x11 7.2.135-2 in place of xorg-x11 7.2.135-4 and all works fine. Serge
By "blocking" do you mean there is a delay before gdm shows up? It looks like you are using aiglx and the proprietary 3D driver (and compiz I presume?). Does disabling those options prevent the timeout?
Yes, I use aiglx, ATI proprietary 3D driver (not the latest for my, but with the latest driver for my colleague) and compiz-fusion. The "blocking" isn't a delay, the circle gnome logo is blocked, the keyboard is also blocked. I don't see the logo SuSE on top left neither the little window terminal in the bottom left. (grey background). The only way is to make a power off. I come back to xorg-x11-7.2.135-2 and all works fine now.
I also had the keyboard blocked at login (KDM in my case) and could not enter the password. However, I found a workaround: switching to tty1 (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and then back to X (Ctrl-Alt-F7) makes the keyboard working. It also _seems_ (not 100% sure) to work if I wait some seconds before typing the password. Do these methods work with GDM also or did I hit a different bug?
Info provided.
This looks like compiz running from /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup, try Ctrl-Alt-F1, killall compiz and Ctrl-Alt-F7. Best to remove compiz from there.
The statement in on factory for Xsetup is: # # Compiz # if test -x $glxinfo -a -x $compiz; then if test "$gdm" = "yes" ; then # when running glxinfo with fglrx driver the first time it # hangs forever (Bug #345035) $glxinfo &> /dev/null & sleep 1; kill -9 $! if $glxinfo | grep -q GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap ; then $compiz --sm-disable decoration fade place & if test -x $gwd ; then $gwd --minimal & fi fi fi fi Stefan, I assume perhaps this is a duplicate then?
Yes, this is a duplicate of Bug #345035. Workarounded as seen in comment #11 for openSUSE 11.0 and also fixed since fglrx Catalyst 8.2 driver. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 345035 ***