Re: Can't run kdm, but gdm is fine

[Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>]

On Thursday 25 November 2004 08:43, Andrew Ingram wrote:
> Hi list.
>
> I've installed Sid on a new box at work to replace the old crappy bit of
> hardware I used to have. My old box used kdm but when I installed Debian
> this time, gdm was the default. No problem I thought! After a while, I
> started missing the way that kdm and kde worked together so I did an
> apt-get install kdm.
>
> However, when I reboot and kdm is starting, I get dumped to the console.
> I noticed in syslog that I have the entries:
>
> Nov 25 08:27:58 localhost kdm: :0[2613]: IO Error in XOpenDisplay
> Nov 25 08:27:58 localhost kdm[2542]: Display :0 cannot be opened
> Nov 25 08:27:58 localhost kdm[2542]: Unable to fire up local display :0;
> disabling.

kdm's files for starting the X server are in /etc/kde3/kdm rather than the 
files in /etc/X11

try and see whats difference between them

>
> I have a xinerama setup in case that helps, but the whole thing works
> absolutely fine under gdm. Can anyone help me with this?
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew

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Alan Chandler
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 then they fight you, then you win. --Gandhi