Computer freezes after I enter my user and pass when login to gnome

black669 · #1 23rd March 2010, 08:08 PM

Hi!

I am running FC12 64bit on my desktop and the problem is that after I enter my credentials at graphicall login screen (Gnome) the computer hungs i cannot moove the mouse, CTRL+ALT+DEL won't work the Caps and Scroll lock on my keboard are blinking. Nothing responds. I am absolutelly cluless. Untill yesterday i was using FC12 i686 and never had this problem, but i got 4GB ram so in order to get those fully i installed the 64bit version. On clean install of the 64bit ver everything went fine, but i updated the system and followed theese instroctions [LINK]http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-fedora-12-i686-gnome[/LINK] and that's all.

Before i atempt to login i can ssh to the machine.

I would appreciate youre help because I don't like the reinstall sollution, with youre help i might just learn something new!!

THX in advanc!!!

Gödel · #2 23rd March 2010, 08:22 PM

At the gnome login screen switch to a virtual terminal with ctrl+alt+f2, login as root then add a testuser with

Code:

useradd test
passwd test

logout and switch back to gnome with ctrl+alt+f1 (reboot if there are problems), then try logging in as user 'test'

Does that work?

If so then you need to clean your gnome config from your own user directory (rm -fr /home/username/.gnome*) - you will lose any custom desktop settings, if that doesn't work then post back.

black669 · #3 23rd March 2010, 08:28 PM

sorry, everything is the same, no change at all.

Gödel · #4 23rd March 2010, 08:40 PM

so you can't even log in as a test user?

try

Code:

yum remove gdm
yum install gdm

black669 · #5 23rd March 2010, 08:46 PM

No, I can't login as test user

When I run

Code:

yum remove gdm

I get

Code:

Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
Setting up Remove Process
error: db4 error(-30986) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_PAGE_NOTFOUND: Requested page not found
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package gdm.x86_64 1:2.28.2-2.fc12 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: libgdmsimplegreeter.so.1()(64bit) for package: 1:gdm-plugin-fingerprint-2.28.2-2.fc12.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: gdm >= 2.21.9-0 for package: 1:gdm-user-switch-applet-2.28.2-2.fc12.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: gdm = 1:2.28.2-2.fc12 for package: 1:gdm-plugin-fingerprint-2.28.2-2.fc12.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: gdm for package: pulseaudio-gdm-hooks-0.9.21-5.fc12.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: gdm >= 1:2.22.0 for package: pulseaudio-gdm-hooks-0.9.21-5.fc12.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: gdm >= 1:2.22.0 for package: plymouth-gdm-hooks-0.8.0-0.2009.29.09.19.3.fc12.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package gdm-plugin-fingerprint.x86_64 1:2.28.2-2.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package gdm-user-switch-applet.x86_64 1:2.28.2-2.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package plymouth-gdm-hooks.x86_64 0:0.8.0-0.2009.29.09.19.3.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package pulseaudio-gdm-hooks.x86_64 0:0.9.21-5.fc12 set to be erased
error: db4 error(-30986) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_PAGE_NOTFOUND: Requested page not found
error: db4 error(-30986) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_PAGE_NOTFOUND: Requested page not found
error: db4 error(-30986) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_PAGE_NOTFOUND: Requested page not found
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Fatal Python error: Inconsistent interned string state.
Aborted (core dumped)

Gödel · #6 23rd March 2010, 08:55 PM

oh dear, that doesn't look good, you shouldn't see such an error.

looks like one of the steps you followed in that guide screwed things up.

black669 · #7 23rd March 2010, 08:58 PM

I'm not so sure about that because i did it 2 or 3 times before and everything went fine...any other ideeas?

Gödel · #8 23rd March 2010, 09:06 PM

Perhaps one of the installs didn't write to disk properly, looks like you have database corruption there, maybe try fixing the rpm database and retry the gdm reinstall

Code:

rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify /var/lib/rpm/Packages
rpm --rebuilddb

black669 · #9 23rd March 2010, 09:20 PM

Code:

/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify /var/lib/rpm/Packages

outputs:

Quote:

rpmdb_verify: Page 14: bad page number 33554446
rpmdb_verify: Page 14: invalid next_pgno 16777231
rpmdb_verify: Page 15: invalid next_pgno 1090519056
rpmdb_verify: Page 16: bad page number 33554448
rpmdb_verify: Page 16: invalid next_pgno 67108881
rpmdb_verify: Page 17: bad page number 16777233
rpmdb_verify: Page 17: invalid next_pgno 67108864
rpmdb_verify: Page 485: bad page number 16777701
rpmdb_verify: Page 485: invalid next_pgno 201327076
rpmdb_verify: Page 486: bad page number 33554918
rpmdb_verify: Page 486: invalid next_pgno 100663781
rpmdb_verify: Page 487: bad page number 16777703
rpmdb_verify: Page 487: invalid next_pgno 16777702
rpmdb_verify: Page 620: invalid next_pgno 2147484267
rpmdb_verify: Page 794: invalid next_pgno 1090519835
rpmdb_verify: Page 795: invalid next_pgno 1090519836
rpmdb_verify: Page 796: bad page number 33555228
rpmdb_verify: Page 796: invalid next_pgno 67108864
rpmdb_verify: Page 797: bad page number 16778013
rpmdb_verify: Page 797: invalid next_pgno 201333103
rpmdb_verify: Page 981: bad page number 50332629
rpmdb_verify: Page 981: invalid next_pgno 100663296
rpmdb_verify: Page 982: invalid next_pgno 16778197
rpmdb_verify: Page 1550: bad page number 33555982
rpmdb_verify: Page 1550: invalid next_pgno 1090520589
rpmdb_verify: Page 1551: invalid next_pgno 1090520590
rpmdb_verify: Page 1552: bad page number 16778768
rpmdb_verify: Page 1552: invalid next_pgno 218105361
rpmdb_verify: Page 1672: bad page number 16778888
rpmdb_verify: Page 1672: invalid next_pgno 1090519051
rpmdb_verify: Page 1673: bad page number 33556105
rpmdb_verify: Page 1673: invalid next_pgno 1090520712
rpmdb_verify: Page 1697: bad page number 16778913
rpmdb_verify: Page 1697: invalid next_pgno 67110562
rpmdb_verify: Page 1698: bad page number 33556130
rpmdb_verify: Page 1698: invalid next_pgno 67108864
rpmdb_verify: Page 1699: bad page number 16778915
rpmdb_verify: Page 1699: invalid next_pgno 1090520740
rpmdb_verify: Page 1971: invalid next_pgno 2147488388
rpmdb_verify: Page 2063: bad page number 16779279
rpmdb_verify: Page 2063: invalid next_pgno 16779280
rpmdb_verify: Page 2064: bad page number 33556496
rpmdb_verify: Page 2064: invalid next_pgno 100663296
rpmdb_verify: Page 2065: bad page number 16779281
rpmdb_verify: Page 2065: invalid next_pgno 67110930
rpmdb_verify: Page 2183: invalid next_pgno 2147485832
rpmdb_verify: Page 2184: invalid next_pgno 2147485833
rpmdb_verify: Page 2675: bad page number 16779891
rpmdb_verify: Page 2675: invalid next_pgno 16779892
rpmdb_verify: Page 2676: bad page number 33557108
rpmdb_verify: Page 2676: invalid next_pgno 100665973
rpmdb_verify: Page 2677: bad page number 16779893
rpmdb_verify: Page 2677: invalid next_pgno 67111542
rpmdb_verify: Page 2704: bad page number 33557136
rpmdb_verify: Page 2704: invalid next_pgno 67111569
rpmdb_verify: Page 2705: bad page number 16779921
rpmdb_verify: Page 2705: invalid next_pgno 67111570
rpmdb_verify: Page 3341: bad page number 33557773
rpmdb_verify: Page 3341: invalid next_pgno 1090522382
rpmdb_verify: Page 3342: invalid next_pgno 1090522383
rpmdb_verify: Page 3343: bad page number 33557775
rpmdb_verify: Page 3343: invalid next_pgno 67112208
rpmdb_verify: Page 3344: bad page number 16780560
rpmdb_verify: Page 3344: invalid next_pgno 67112209
rpmdb_verify: Page 3386: bad page number 16780602
rpmdb_verify: Page 3386: invalid next_pgno 16780603
rpmdb_verify: Page 3387: bad page number 33557819
rpmdb_verify: Page 3387: invalid next_pgno 100663296
rpmdb_verify: Page 3388: bad page number 16780604
rpmdb_verify: Page 3388: invalid next_pgno 201329981
rpmdb_verify: /var/lib/rpm/Packages: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database verification failed
^CSegmentation fault (core dumped)

Code:

rpm --rebuilddb

uotputs:

Quote:

error: db4 error(-30986) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_PAGE_NOTFOUND: Requested page not found
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Gödel · #10 23rd March 2010, 09:41 PM

that's not good.

I'd do a reinstall.

black669 · #11 23rd March 2010, 10:06 PM

ok man, thx for ure time

black669 · #12 27th March 2010, 07:24 PM

Hi, I've just figured out what was my problem...the extra 2GB of RAM that I've added recently.I ran a memtest and the answer hit me in the face; the dimm was broken.
THX everybody for support.

Magickman · #13 27th March 2010, 08:08 PM

Have you tried a different Linux distro on the PC? The reason I ask is this, recently had a HP computer come in with the same problem running Windows XP. Upon login, mouse will not move, suggesting a lock up. It was not a lock up, it was in fact a BIOS error that was preventing the mouse drivers from being loaded. After a few days messing with it I threw the MB away. Just a heads up, friend.

black669 · #14 27th March 2010, 08:28 PM

this is not the case here because i got plenty of errors even when i booted the live fedora cd when the damaged 2GB dimm was inside the computer