Various startup problems


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

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

Attachment: Xorg.0.log.bz2
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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com
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