Re: kdm resets on login
On 9/2/05, Jan Ekholm <jan.ekholm@plenware.com> wrote:
> On Friday 02 September 2005 00:05, Jean de Largentaye wrote:
> > Salutations,
> >
> > After making the jump and upgrading to KDE 3.4.2, I cannot login
> > through KDM anymore.
> > The kdm login screen disappears, then I wait a few seconds for the kde
> > splash to appear, then X resets, and back to the login screen. This
> > happens whichever session I choose (of KDE, Larswm, or failsafe).
>
> My wife couldn't start 3.4.2 on Kubuntu through KDM due to some bug that
> affects X startup when the user's shell is tcsh (not sh or bash). Debian had
> some bug report about it, the bug is almost a year old, but I can't find it
> right now. Logging in worked when she changed her shell to bash.
>
Well, I'm using bash, so that doesn't seem to be the problem.
Previously, in the kdm.log, it had an error about the :0 display being
alread occupied (can't remember the exact wording). This has
disappeared however, in favor of the message i reported in my previous
mail.
John
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