Can you check this out.
My Laptop is not working well.
This is the error message.
"The greeter application appears to be crashing. Attempting to use a different one."
i've already tried this command "chmod 1777 /tmp". its not working.
pls help
Thanks
Re: GDM greeter application appears to be crashing
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 5a31 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 82)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
04:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
04:04.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711MP1/MS1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 21)
04:04.2 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller (rev 01)
04:04.3 Bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)
04:04.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)
04:09.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g
Hi Renan,
There are several reasons why you are receiving the gdm error message, and here are several ways to fix this problem.
Problem 1. Your /tmp might not be writable.
a. Upon bootup, press ctrl+alt+f1, then login as root.
b. Then execute 'chmod 777 -R /tmp'
c. Restart your gdm server by running '/etc/rc.d/gdm restart'
Problem 2. GDM could not start because there are files in /tmp/ from previous sessions that it try to use.
a. Upon bootup, press ctrl+alt+f1, then login as root.
b. Then execute 'rm -rf /tmp/*'
c. Restart your gdm server by running '/etc/rc.d/gdm restart'
Problem 3. GDM is trying to run some accessibility tools that you might have uninstalled or not working.
a. Upon bootup, press ctrl+alt+f1, then login as root.
b. Then execute 'nano /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf'
c. Comment out the line GtkModulesList=... with #GtkModulesList=...
d. Restart your gdm server by running '/etc/rc.d/gdm restart'
Hi all,
Additional to "The greeter application appears to be crashing. Attempting to use a different one." message, one may also encounter the following warnings:
"The X server is now disabled. Restart GDM when it is configured correctly."
"Failed to start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likely that it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X server output to diagnose the problem?"
Also in following Problem 2's solution, please be careful with the 'rm -fr' command and check the file specification before pressing the Enter key. Always do this, when dealing with 'rm -fr'.
Hi all (again),
Now for some additional optimization for speed geeks. By default, KahelOS is installed with /dev/shm. You might want to take advantage of this shared memory device's speed (and automatic cleanup every time you reboot).
Make sure the GUI/X is not running. Edit /etc/fstab, and add the following:
/dev/shm /tmp none rw,bind 0 0
Reboot and enjoy. Not only GDM will benefit from this but also other programs that use /tmp.
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