OpenSUSE 11.2 – Empty user list pre-logon

English Install/Boot/Login
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Sometimes my user list is empty on start-up. When it happens the buttons beneath the empty list (shutdown, suspend and restart), are not responding. As a work-around I login to the first terminal as root to restart the machine and usually my normal user account appears back on the list. This morning the reboot work-around didn’t work any more… please assist.

Additional information:

# rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-desktop-2.6.31.5-0.1.1.x86_64

# rpm -qa | grep gdm
gdm-2.28.0-2.3.3.x86_64
gdm-branding-openSUSE-11.1-2.1.noarch

# less /var/log/gdm/:0-greeter.log | grep fail
gdm-simple-greeter[4869]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_param_spec_flags: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_FLAGS (flags_type)' failed
gdm-simple-greeter[4869]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_object_class_install_property: assertion `G_IS_PARAM_SPEC (pspec)' failed
2

Did you every figure out what was the cause of this behavior. Sometimes my users list comes up empty too and the restart/shutdown buttons don’t work. It’s extremely annoying.

3

No, the problem still exists. I can’t figure out what triggers it, so it looks like it’s completely random :.

I will post the solution if I find one, I suggest you do the same…

4

I have this problem sometimes. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace-Backspace resets the GUI and then the user list almost always appears.

5

I know it sounds a little strange, but it has been a wile now since it occurred. Seems like the video card drivers had something to do with it. I am using the drivers from the ati repo now instead of the build-in drivers. :open_mouth: