Re: ?dm startup problems

[Jacob Anawalt <jacob@cachevalley.com>]

Robert Rati wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 01:37, Andreas Janssen wrote:
>  
>
> > Hello
> >
> > Robert Rati (<r.rati@comcast.net>) wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > I'm running Debian unstable with the DRI trunk ATI drivers, and gdm
> > > just
> > > stopped starting.  I used to use kdm as my display manager, but it
> > > exhibited the problems gdm is now displaying earlier.  When either
> > > display manager attempts to start, I see the normal gray background
> > >      
> X
>  
>
> > > startup and the X mouse cursor, but before the background and login
> > > manager load it appears to crash.  It tries to start several times,
> > > but
> > > is never able to.  I can't find any reasons for this in the messages
> > > or
> > > XFree86.0.log files.  kdm.log has this listed at the end:
> > >
> > > AUDIT: Wed Sep  3 19:02:45 2003: 968 X: client 2 rejected from local
> > > host
> > >  Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
> > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server^M
> > > Xlib: Protocol not supported by server
> > > ^M
> > > kdm_greet: cannot connect to X server :0
> > >      
> > Does logging in on a console and using startx work?
> >    
>
> Yes.  Running startx works just fine.  It seems like it is somehow
> display manager specific.  It seems like some kind of default
> configuration setting was changed.
>
> Rob
>  
If you edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf to change the greeter type, gdm will run. See:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=208457

I know I had the gdm problem and was able to run xdm just fine. It isn't 
an X issue which is why you weren't getting the 'X is dying, want to 
reconfigure' screen, it's in a library that gdm is using.

I don't know about kdm. You could search the kdm bug reports.

Jacob