Bug#353831: kdm: KDM tries to start XServer on XServer-less system
Package: kdm
Version: 4:3.5.1-1
Severity: normal
We have a remote-login workstation without any XServer installed. It is
meant for login using XDMCP or ssh. XDMCP login stopped working since
recent testing-upgrade. When I login from my client, e.g. using
Xnest :2 -query myhost, the xnest window remains empty. On myhost, kdm
reports:
X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting.
/etc/X11/X is not executable
X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting.
I don't think kdm should try to start any XServer when accessed via
XDMCP.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14.4
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.70 Debian configuration management sy
ii kdebase-bin 4:3.5.1-1 core binaries for the KDE base mod
ii kdebase-data 4:3.5.1-1 shared data files for the KDE base
ii kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.1-2 core libraries for all KDE applica
ii libc6 2.3.5-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-8 GCC support library
ii libpam-runtime 0.79-3.1 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 0.79-3.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libqt3-mt 3:3.3.5-3 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxau6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Authentication library
ii libxdmcp6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Display Manager Control Protocol
ii libxtst6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System event recording an
ii xbase-clients 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 miscellaneous X clients
Versions of packages kdm recommends:
ii logrotate 3.7.1-2 Log rotation utility
-- debconf information:
kdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
* shared/default-x-display-manager: kdm
kdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/kdm
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