Bug#524751: kdm: KDM 4.2.2 X server startup timeout, terminating

[Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net>]

I have also encountered the same issue after restarting KDM today.  I suspect
the NVIDIA binary driver is to blame, as it is very slow to start up.

To resolve the problem I set in /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc:

    [X-*-Core]
    ServerTimeout=120

That gives the server time to start up even though the NVIDIA driver is awful,
and everything seems to be stable.  Before that it would consistently time out
even without any other settings.

Below is the information from a normal bug report.

Regards,
        Daniel

Package: kdm
Version: 4:4.2.4-1+b1

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii  consolekit                  0.3.0-2      framework for defining and trackin
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.5.27       Debian configuration management sy
ii  kdebase-runtime             4:4.2.4-2    runtime components from the offici
ii  kdebase-workspace-kgreet-pl 4:4.2.4-1+b1 KDE greet libraries for authentica
ii  kdelibs5                    4:4.2.4-1    core libraries for all KDE 4 appli
ii  libc6                       2.9-13       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libck-connector0            0.3.0-2      ConsoleKit libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                 1.2.14-3     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libpam0g                    1.0.1-9      Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libqimageblitz4             1:0.0.4-4    QImageBlitz image effects library
ii  libqt4-qt3support           4.5.1-2      Qt 3 compatibility library for Qt 
ii  libqt4-svg                  4.5.1-2      Qt 4 SVG module
ii  libqt4-xml                  4.5.1-2      Qt 4 XML module
ii  libqtcore4                  4.5.1-2      Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4                   4.5.1-2      Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libstdc++6                  4.4.0-7      The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.2.1-1    X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                     1:1.0.4-2    X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6                   1:1.0.2-3    X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxtst6                    2:1.0.3-1    X11 Testing -- Resource extension 
ii  lsb-base                    3.2-22       Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip

Versions of packages kdm recommends:
ii  kde-window-manager [x-wind 4:4.2.4-1+b1  the KDE 4 window manager (KWin)
ii  kdebase                    4:4.2.4-1     base applications from the officia
ii  konsole [x-terminal-emulat 4:4.2.4-1     X terminal emulator for KDE 4
ii  logrotate                  3.7.7-3       Log rotation utility
ii  xserver-xorg-core [xserver 2:1.6.1.901-3 Xorg X server - core server
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator 243-1         X terminal emulator

Versions of packages kdm suggests:
ii  kdepasswd                     4:4.2.4-1  password changer for KDE 4

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