Re: KDM doesn't work
On Saturday 09 April 2011 06:53:18 Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 10:07:37PM +0200, Torquil Macdonald Sørensen wrote:
> > I have installed the KDE 4.6.1 from http://qt-kde.debian.net/ onto my
> > Sid.
> >
> > However, kdm will not start. After booting, when X is started, I'm simply
> > dropped back into text mode.
> >
> > In /var/log/syslog I found the following error message:
> >
> > Apr 8 21:20:51 asus kdm: :0[1839]: Received unknown or unexpected
> > command -2 from greeter
> > Apr 8 21:20:51 asus kdm: :0[1839]: Abnormal termination of greeter for
> > display :0, code 1, signal 0
> >
> > Any ideas? Meanwhile I'm using XDM as a substitute.
>
> /var/log/kdm.log
I'm pretty sure was is the same as this bug:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=113401
I fixed it by running (as root):
$ chmod a+rx /var/run/xauth
Anyway, if it is still helpful, here is the kdm.log from when the error
occurred:
********************************************************************************
Note that your system uses syslog. All of kdm's internally generated messages
(i.e., not from libraries and external programs/scripts it uses) go to the
daemon.* syslog facility; check your syslog configuration to find out to which
file(s) it is logged. PAM logs messages related to authentication to
authpriv.*.
********************************************************************************
X.Org X Server 1.9.5
Release Date: 2011-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.38-1-amd64 x86_64 Debian
Current Operating System: Linux asus 2.6.38.2 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 9
01:30:35 CEST 2011 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38.2
root=UUID=8868ef43-6e5a-4220-85d0-d1a46ef41948 ro psmouse.force_elantech=1
quiet
Build Date: 26 March 2011 03:32:34AM
xorg-server 2:1.9.5-1 (Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>)
Current version of pixman: 0.21.4
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Apr 9 09:16:15 2011
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
(EE) Query no Synaptics: 6003C8
(EE) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware.
(EE) PreInit returned NULL for "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad"
No protocol specified
kdmgreet: cannot connect to X server :0
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