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Re: KDM hang after login



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On 2004-03-09 02:06, Jonathan Byrne wrote:
> Over the weekend I upgraded my desktop system to KDE 3.2.1 (from 3.1.5) 
> and did the same on my Thinkpad this morning.  Everything seems to be
> working fine except for one puzzling problem.  After logging in via kdm,
> it gets as far as the default KDE background and then just stops, with
> nothing on-screen except the background.  It does it on both machines, so
> I guess it can be called duplicatable.
>
> My temporary workaround is to use gdm and select a KDE session, which
> works without a hitch.
>
> The kdm version is 3.2.1-1, on Sid.
>
> Has anyone else seen/solved this problem?

I think that's the x-session-manger value from updates-alternatives being 
set incorrectly (should point to /usr/bin/startkde)
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