Bug#541272: kdm does not restart X server on logout with default settings
Package: kdm
Version: 4:4.3.0-2
Severity: normal
Hi,
I recently installed kdm, and I noticed the following behaviour: Initially
kdm would load the X server and I could log in. However, after logging out
it would not start the X server again; instead I would see in the logs:
kdm[2572]: X server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly
kdm[2572]: Unable to fire up local display :0; disabling.
Thanks to a bit of digging around on the web, I found out that I could fix
this problem by adding the following option to /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc:
TerminateServer=true
I'm not sure if the best way to fix this is to make this the default, or
to somehow prevent the X server from terminating when the user logs out, but
in any case this is a problem with the default settings that should be
fixed.
Thanks,
Vasilis
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30
Locale: LANG=el_GR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=el_GR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii consolekit 0.3.0-3 framework for defining and trackin
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.27 Debian configuration management sy
ii kdebase-runtime 4:4.3.0-2 runtime components from the offici
ii kdebase-workspace-kgreet-plug 4:4.3.0-2 KDE greet libraries for authentica
ii kdelibs5 4:4.3.0-1 core libraries for all KDE 4 appli
ii libc6 2.9-24 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libck-connector0 0.3.0-3 ConsoleKit libraries
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.16-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libkworkspace4 4:4.3.0-2 Library for the kdebase workspace
ii libpam0g 1.0.1-10 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libqimageblitz4 1:0.0.4-4 QImageBlitz image effects library
ii libqt4-svg 4:4.5.2-1 Qt 4 SVG module
ii libqt4-xml 4:4.5.2-1 Qt 4 XML module
ii libqtcore4 4:4.5.2-1 Qt 4 core module
ii libqtgui4 4:4.5.2-1 Qt 4 GUI module
ii libstdc++6 4.4.1-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 2:1.2.2-1 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 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
Versions of packages kdm recommends:
ii kde-window-manager [x-windo 4:4.3.0-2 the KDE 4 window manager (KWin)
ii kdebase 4:4.3.0-1 base applications from the officia
ii konsole [x-terminal-emulato 4:4.3.0-1 X terminal emulator for KDE 4
ii logrotate 3.7.7-5 Log rotation utility
ii twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.4-2 Tab window manager
ii xserver-xorg-core [xserver] 2:1.6.3-1+b1 Xorg X server - core server
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 244-1 X terminal emulator
Versions of packages kdm suggests:
ii kdepasswd 4:4.3.0-1 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
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