Spongebob wrote:
I'd compare the output of "ps ax" and "lsmod" before and after killing/restarting kdm. It'd be even better if you could ssh in before leaving the messed up kdm login screen and running those commands for the "before" snapshot.Adam Aube wrote:Spongebob wrote:Kent West wrote:If the above worked, exit X, and try "/etc/init.d/kdm start". What're the results?no problems. KDE starts normally. But when I reboot, it's that initial login screen that doen't work. The text boxes for user and password don't function. After killing it and restarting, it works fine. After playing with it, it seems I don't actually have to kill it. All I need to do is select console login and let it go back to the window login. Now it works until I reboot.IIRC, there was a thread in the past few weeks regarding this issue. I would suggest searching the archives for "KDE login" (or similar) and see what that turns up.Their solution was to purge and reinstall xfree86, etc. Must be a different problem, since it had no effect.
I'm leaning toward the idea that some module or init script is not loading until the kdm restart. But that's just a guess.
PS. Don't use the "Console Login" option; instead, use Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get your "before" snapshot.
-- Kent