Re: X sessions die when using KDM
On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, N. Raghavendra wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 09:23:34PM -0700, nate wrote:
>
> > > When I use KDM to start X, after logging in it goes right
> > > back to the kdm login screen. I can login from the console
> > > and run X with startx without a problem though. Here are the
> > > lines from applicable logs:
> >
> > i have the same problem. tried both kdm and xdm.
>
> Hi,
>
> I wonder if you use woody and ran 'apt-get upgrade' recently. One
> of the packages upgraded a few days ago is xfree86-common, which
> contains the file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99xfree86-common_start.
> Please check this file, and if it contains the line
>
> exec "$REALSTARTUP"
>
> remove the quotes, so that it reads
>
> exec $REALSTARTUP
>
> Now login at your kdm screen, and see if it works.
My similar problem was solved by removing the file:
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/90xfree86-common_ssh-agent
which was creating the error.
Michel.
>
> HTH,
> Raghavendra.
>
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