Unable to launch Gnome from KDM in 14.04
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
kde-workspace (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Rohan Garg |
Bug Description
Summary:
I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 on a number of machines and set them to use kdm as the display manager. This works fine except for when a user attempts to log in to a Gnome session. The greeter just disappears and nothing happens.
The user is authenticated according to auth.log:
May 30 09:35:42 machine kdm: :0[2302]: pam_krb5(kdm:auth): user user authenticated as user@DOMAIN
May 30 09:35:42 machine kdm: :0[2302]: pam_unix(
May 30 09:35:42 machine kdm: :0[2302]: pam_unix(
But there's not a lot of Gnome processes running.
root@machine:~# ps -fu user
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
user 2346 2302 0 09:35 ? 00:00:00 init --user
user 2419 2346 0 09:35 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent -s
user 2424 2346 0 09:35 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon --fork --session --address=
user 2430 2346 0 09:35 ? 00:00:00 upstart-
user 2432 2346 0 09:35 ? 00:00:00 upstart-file-bridge --daemon --user
user 2434 2346 0 09:35 ? 00:00:00 upstart-dbus-bridge --daemon --session --user --bus-name session
user 2436 2346 0 09:35 ? 00:00:00 upstart-dbus-bridge --daemon --system --user --bus-name system
The Gnome session works fine when using lightdm.
1. lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release: 14.04
2. apt-cache policy kdm:
kdm:
Installed: 4:4.11.9-0ubuntu0.2
Candidate: 4:4.11.9-0ubuntu0.2
Version table:
*** 4:4.11.9-0ubuntu0.2 0
500 file:/import/
100 /var/lib/
4:
500 file:/import/
3. Expected result:
User should log in to a Gnome session.
4. What actually happened:
User is stuck at a blank screen. Only the kdm background image is visible.
affects: | ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) → kde-workspace (Ubuntu) |
Changed in kde-workspace (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Rohan Garg (rohangarg) |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.