log me in two times, baby

[Roy Six]

On 10/02/2011 08:14 AM, cornel panceac wrote:
> right now, both on one thinkpad x40 with intel video and on a test pc with
> nvidia video card, first login attempt after the computer start fails. in
> /var/log/messages i've seen this message, when this happens:
> 
> Oct  2 15:06:53 localhost gnome-session[1316]: WARNING: Application
> 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' failed to register before timeout
> 
> a full tail /var/log/messages | grep WARNING
> 
> looks like this:
> 
> 
> Oct  2 15:03:06 localhost dbus-daemon[933]: ** (polkitd:940): WARNING **:
> skipping unknown tag <i> at line 335
> Oct  2 15:06:06 localhost dbus-daemon[965]: ** (polkitd:970): WARNING **:
> skipping unknown tag <i> at line 335
> Oct  2 15:06:08 localhost NetworkManager[937]: (NetworkManager:937):
> GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Missing callback called fullpath =
> /var/run/ConsoleKit/database
> Oct  2 15:06:21 localhost gdm-simple-slave[1038]: WARNING: Child process
> 1204 was already dead.
> Oct  2 15:06:53 localhost gnome-session[1316]: WARNING: Application
> 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' failed to register before timeout
> Oct  2 15:06:57 localhost dbus-daemon[965]: (process:1577): GLib-WARNING **:
> goption.c:2168: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (16) on
> option of type 1
> Oct  2 15:06:58 localhost gnome-session[1316]: WARNING: Client
> '/org/gnome/SessionManager/Client3' failed to reply before timeout
> Oct  2 15:07:12 localhost gdm-simple-slave[1628]: WARNING: Child process
> 1655 was already dead.
> 
> after failing first attempt, the second attempt to log in always works, on
> both machines.
> 
> is this a known bug?
> 
> 
> 
> 

I believe so, as it happens to me as well in F16 (the bit about having
to log in twice), and I have heard it being talked about a few times in
irc.  Hopefully someone can chime in with more detailed information for you.