Bug#745236: kdm: does not start correctly at boot, needs restart to show login screen
Package: kdm
Version: 4:4.11.8-1
Severity: normal
Hi KDE maintainers,
I've recently installed kde, and I'm facing the following problem: At
boot, kdm does not start. The screen has the blinking cursor of a
console, but strangely there is a mouse visible (and movable, although
clicking does nothing). After switching to VT 1, the mouse is still
visible. Restarting the kdm service makes kdm load normally.
I'm using systemd. Please find attached kdm.log, X log and systemd journal
of /u/b/kdm. The X and kdm logs are from just before a restart of kdm.
I tried to parse the kdm man page to get verbose logs, but I couldn't.
If you need verbose logs please tell me what value the -debug option
needs.
Thanks
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.14-rc7-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii adduser 3.113+nmu3
ii consolekit 0.4.6-4
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.52
ii kde-runtime 4:4.11.5-1
ii kde-wallpapers-default 4:4.11.5-1
ii kde-workspace-kgreet-plugins 4:4.11.8-1
ii libc6 2.18-4
ii libck-connector0 0.4.6-4
ii libdbus-1-3 1.8.0-3
ii libkdecore5 4:4.11.5-3
ii libkdeui5 4:4.11.5-3
ii libkio5 4:4.11.5-3
ii libknewstuff3-4 4:4.11.5-3
ii libkworkspace4abi2 4:4.11.8-1
ii libpam0g 1.1.8-3
ii libqimageblitz4 1:0.0.6-4
ii libqt4-svg 4:4.8.5+git242-g0315971+dfsg-2
ii libqt4-xml 4:4.8.5+git242-g0315971+dfsg-2
ii libqtcore4 4:4.8.5+git242-g0315971+dfsg-2
ii libqtgui4 4:4.8.5+git242-g0315971+dfsg-2
ii libstdc++6 4.9-20140411-2
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-1
ii libxau6 1:1.0.8-1
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.1-1
ii libxtst6 2:1.2.2-1
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian12
Versions of packages kdm recommends:
ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 3.8.4-3
ii gnome-session-flashback [x-session-manager] 3.8.0-3
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.10.1-1
ii kde-window-manager [x-window-manager] 4:4.11.8-1
ii kde-workspace 4:4.11.8-1
ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:4.11.3-1
ii logrotate 3.8.7-1
ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.34.13-1
ii xserver-xephyr [xserver] 2:1.15.1-1
ii xserver-xorg [xserver] 1:7.7+7
Versions of packages kdm suggests:
pn kde-wallpapers <none>
ii kdepasswd 4:4.11.5-2
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc changed:
[General]
ConfigVersion=2.4
ConsoleTTYs=tty1,tty2,tty3,tty4,tty5,tty6
GreeterUID=kdm
PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid
ReserveServers=:1,:2,:3
ServerVTs=-7
StaticServers=:0
[Shutdown]
BootManager=Grub2
HaltCmd=/sbin/shutdown -t 5 -h -P now
RebootCmd=/sbin/shutdown -t 5 -r now
[X-*-Core]
AllowNullPasswd=false
AllowRootLogin=false
AllowShutdown=None
AutoReLogin=false
ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors-%d
Reset=/etc/kde4/kdm/Xreset
Session=/etc/kde4/kdm/Xsession
Setup=/etc/kde4/kdm/Xsetup
Startup=/etc/kde4/kdm/Xstartup
[X-*-Greeter]
AntiAliasing=false
ColorScheme=
FaceSource=AdminOnly
FailFont=Sans Serif,10,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0
GUIStyle=
GreetFont=Serif,20,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
GreetString=Welcome to %s at %n
GreeterPos=50,50
HiddenUsers=
Language=en_US
LogoArea=Logo
LogoPixmap=/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/pics/kdelogo.png
MaxShowUID=29999
MinShowUID=1000
Preloader=/usr/bin/preloadkde
SelectedUsers=
ShowUsers=NotHidden
SortUsers=true
StdFont=Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
Theme=
UseBackground=true
UseTheme=true
UserCompletion=false
UserList=true
[X-:*-Core]
AllowNullPasswd=true
AllowShutdown=All
NoPassEnable=false
NoPassUsers=
ServerArgsLocal=-br -nolisten tcp
ServerCmd=/usr/bin/X
[X-:*-Greeter]
AllowClose=true
DefaultUser=felipe
FocusPasswd=true
LoginMode=DefaultLocal
PreselectUser=Previous
[X-:0-Core]
AutoLoginEnable=false
AutoLoginLocked=false
AutoLoginUser=
ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors
[Xdmcp]
Enable=false
Willing=/etc/kde4/kdm/Xwilling
-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: kdm
kdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
kdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/kdm
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