Bug#270218: X server resets when starting a new session from kdm

[David García Garzón <vokimon@telefonica.net>]

Package: kdm
Version: 4:3.3.0-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

After upgrading to 3.3 i am unable to start a session.

Whenever i login from kdm, using existing users or new ones, 
and whatever the kind of session (i've tried kde and failsafe),
the session just dies and the kdm is shown again.

The ~/.xsession-errors file contains the following error:

/etc/kde3/kdm/Xsession: line 59: exec: horizontal-scroll-mode: not found

I can start a (slow) KDE session without probles by doing:
# xinit -e ssh -X myuser@localhost startkde
So, KDE itself seems to be working properly, and the problem seems to
be on the way between kdm and startkde.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-k7
Locale: LANG=ca_ES@euro, LC_CTYPE=ca_ES@euro (ignored: LC_ALL set to es_ES@euro)

Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii  debconf                   1.4.34         Debian configuration management sy
ii  kdebase-bin               4:3.3.0-1      KDE Base (binaries)
ii  kdelibs4                  4:3.3.0-1.1    KDE core libraries
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.16-6       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-16   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libfam0c102               2.7.0-5        client library to control the FAM 
ii  libgcc1                   1:3.4.1-7      GCC support library
ii  libice6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libidn11                  0.5.2-3        GNU libidn library, implementation
ii  libpam-runtime            0.76-22        Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                  0.76-22        Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpng12-0                1.2.5.0-7      PNG library - runtime
ii  libqt3c102-mt             3:3.3.3-4      Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii  libsm6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstdc++5                1:3.3.4-9      The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxrender1               0.8.3-7        X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxtst6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System event recording an
ii  xbase-clients             4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 miscellaneous X clients
ii  xlibs                     4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.1.1-7    compression library - runtime

-- debconf information:
  shared/default-x-display-manager: kdm
  kdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/kdm
  kdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false