[Bug 61430] GDM does not start correctly when using libnss-ldap / libpam-ldap on edgy

[Matt Mossholder]

Public bug reported:

Unfortunately, I can't do much more than report this, since I am pretty
lost.

Here's the situation:

- Clean install of knot2
- All updates applied
- installed libnss-ldap and libpam-ldap
- configured /etc/nsswitch.conf, /etc/libnss-ldap.conf and /etc/pam_ldap.conf
- updated /etc/pam.d/common-session for ldap auth

At this point everything works. I can log in from the console, I can even log in with GDM.
But...

Upon restart, GDM starts to come up, there are two GDM processes
running, but all that appears on the screen is a black background and
the standard X11 "X" cursor, and never progresses beyond that point.

Jumping to the console, I can login and restart GDM, which works fine.

There is nothing in /var/log/gdm/:0.log that is different between a
working and a non-working startup. Nothing in syslog.

The only thing that seems to make any impact is removing the "ldap"
statements from passwd,group and shadow in /etc/nsswitch.conf. This
causes startup to work correctly. I can even log in as an ldap user as
long as the user has an entry in the local password file (no shadow
entry or password entry in the passwd file).

All I can think of is that there is some race condition occurring. This
configuration worked under Dapper.


# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.

passwd:         ldap compat
group:          ldap compat
shadow:         ldap compat

hosts:          files dns
networks:       files

protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files

netgroup:       nis
automount:      ldap

** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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GDM does not start correctly when using libnss-ldap / libpam-ldap on edgy
https://launchpad.net/bugs/61430