F14 login fails on backup copy; gdm error?

[jackson byers]

F14 login fails on backup copy

I have a working F14 [call it F14usb8] on sda8 on my external usb.

I made a backup copy onto my 2nd scsi disk, seen as sdc7 [call it F14sdc7]
This was preparation for using it for preupgrade to F16.

Booting  F14sdc7 at first looks normal.
But I am unable to log in:
using "3" on kernel line it presents me with a black console
with a "login:" line
it accepts my user name;
but when entering my password, it just spits back at me another "login:"
Which again fails to take my password.
It does not say 'incorrect password'.


under graphical boot, it shows a blue screen with
small balloon with "f" but never produces  a login panel.
At least sometimes I can ctrl-alt-backspace to get me to a console
which fails in same way as above.

var/log/gdm ends with:
gnome-settings-daemon: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily
unavailable) on X server :0.0.

I can't see anything obvious in Xorg.log


Here is one of the complete files in gdm:
[root at f14 gdm]# pwd
/mnt/sdc7/var/log/gdm
[root at f14 gdm]# ls -l

-rw-r--r--. 1 gdm  gdm   2332 Dec  8 09:51 :0-greeter.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 gdm  gdm   4549 Dec  8 09:51 :0-greeter.log.1

[root at f14 gdm]# less :0-greeter.log

** (<unknown>:1689): DEBUG: Client registered with session manager:
/org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1

(gnome-settings-daemon:1692): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **:
gdk_pixbuf_format_get_name: assertion `format != NULL' failed
** (process:1709): DEBUG: Greeter session pid=1709 display=:0.0
xauthority=/var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-ePwwXJ/database
Failed to play sound: File or data not found
gdm-simple-greeter[1709]: Gtk-WARNING: gtkwidget.c:5691: widget not
within a GtkWindow
Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message
with a timestamp of 0 for 0x1a0002b (Login Wind)
Window manager warning: meta_window_activate called by a pager with a
0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.
Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message
with a timestamp of 0 for 0x1a0002b (Login Wind)
Window manager warning: meta_window_activate called by a pager with a
0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.

(plymouth-log-viewer:1710): Gdk-CRITICAL **:
IA__gdk_window_thaw_toplevel_updates_libgtk_only: assertion
`private->update_and_descendants_freeze_count > 0' failed
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "atk-bridge": libatk-bridge.so:
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
gdm-simple-greeter[1709]: WARNING: Unable to load CK history: no seat-id found

(gnome-settings-daemon:1692): Bonobo-WARNING **: Bonobo must be
initialized before use

(gnome-settings-daemon:1692): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **:
gdk_pixbuf_format_get_name: assertion `format != NULL' failed
Window manager warning: CurrentTime used to choose focus window; focus
window may not be correct.
Window manager warning: Got a request to focus the no_focus_window
with a timestamp of 0.  This shouldn't happen!

(gnome-power-manager:1707): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref:
assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Window manager warning: Log level 16: Failed to send buffer
Window manager warning: Log level 16: Failed to send buffer
gdm-simple-greeter[1709]: WARNING: Failed to send buffer

** (gnome-power-manager:1707): WARNING **: Failed to send buffer

(gnome-power-manager:1707): atk-bridge-WARNING **: AT_SPI_REGISTRY was
not started at session startup.

(gnome-power-manager:1707): atk-bridge-WARNING **: IOR not set.
gnome-settings-daemon: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily
unavailable) on X server :0.0.
(END)


any ideas, suggestions?

Jack