Re: kdm resets on login
On 9/6/05, Brian Kimball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jean de Largentaye wrote: > > > After making the jump and upgrading to KDE 3.4.2, I cannot login > > through KDM anymore. > > The kdm login screen disappears, then I wait a few seconds for the > > kde splash to appear, then X resets, and back to the login screen. > > This happens whichever session I choose (of KDE, Larswm, or > > failsafe). > > > > Starting a session through startx from a console works, however, and > > brings me to KDE (btw: oooh shiny! ahem). > > I had the same problem, and traced it to the following in > my .bash_profile (which is now sourced by /etc/kde3/kdm/Xsession): > > if [ -z "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ]; then > exec ssh-agent bash --login > fi > > This was turning my X session into a vanilla bash login shell which was > exiting immediately (I'm guessing because there was no stdin or > something, but this is where my knowledge fails me). > > So check your shell's login scripts. Yup, that was it! I just commented out all my bastard login scripts and it works now! I din't have anything as evident as an 'exec' however. maybe the 'eval dircolors'? Anyhow, the problem is identified. Thanks a lot! > Perhaps a NEWS.Debian is needed? Or am I the only one doesn't know how > to use his .bash_profile? :-) I agree :) Without your pointer, I never would have found the problem for my user. (And you're not the only one...-_- ) John
Re: kdm resets on login
Jean de Largentaye wrote: > After making the jump and upgrading to KDE 3.4.2, I cannot login > through KDM anymore. > The kdm login screen disappears, then I wait a few seconds for the > kde splash to appear, then X resets, and back to the login screen. > This happens whichever session I choose (of KDE, Larswm, or > failsafe). > > Starting a session through startx from a console works, however, and > brings me to KDE (btw: oooh shiny! ahem). I had the same problem, and traced it to the following in my .bash_profile (which is now sourced by /etc/kde3/kdm/Xsession): if [ -z "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ]; then exec ssh-agent bash --login fi This was turning my X session into a vanilla bash login shell which was exiting immediately (I'm guessing because there was no stdin or something, but this is where my knowledge fails me). So check your shell's login scripts. I guess technically this was my fault since I was assuming login shells are also always interactive shells, and now I see the bash man page says otherwise (and kdm/Xsession is taking advantage of this fact). Though I wonder how many other people are going to get bit by the same assumption. Perhaps a NEWS.Debian is needed? Or am I the only one doesn't know how to use his .bash_profile? :-) Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kdm resets on login
On 9/2/05, Jan Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 02 September 2005 00:05, Jean de Largentaye wrote: > > Salutations, > > > > After making the jump and upgrading to KDE 3.4.2, I cannot login > > through KDM anymore. > > The kdm login screen disappears, then I wait a few seconds for the kde > > splash to appear, then X resets, and back to the login screen. This > > happens whichever session I choose (of KDE, Larswm, or failsafe). > > My wife couldn't start 3.4.2 on Kubuntu through KDM due to some bug that > affects X startup when the user's shell is tcsh (not sh or bash). Debian had > some bug report about it, the bug is almost a year old, but I can't find it > right now. Logging in worked when she changed her shell to bash. > Well, I'm using bash, so that doesn't seem to be the problem. Previously, in the kdm.log, it had an error about the :0 display being alread occupied (can't remember the exact wording). This has disappeared however, in favor of the message i reported in my previous mail. John
Re: kdm resets on login
On Friday 02 September 2005 00:05, Jean de Largentaye wrote: > Salutations, > > After making the jump and upgrading to KDE 3.4.2, I cannot login > through KDM anymore. > The kdm login screen disappears, then I wait a few seconds for the kde > splash to appear, then X resets, and back to the login screen. This > happens whichever session I choose (of KDE, Larswm, or failsafe). My wife couldn't start 3.4.2 on Kubuntu through KDM due to some bug that affects X startup when the user's shell is tcsh (not sh or bash). Debian had some bug report about it, the bug is almost a year old, but I can't find it right now. Logging in worked when she changed her shell to bash. -- Jan Ekholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kdm resets on login
Salutations, After making the jump and upgrading to KDE 3.4.2, I cannot login through KDM anymore. The kdm login screen disappears, then I wait a few seconds for the kde splash to appear, then X resets, and back to the login screen. This happens whichever session I choose (of KDE, Larswm, or failsafe). Starting a session through startx from a console works, however, and brings me to KDE (btw: oooh shiny! ahem). Of course, I tweaked the config file, and purged and reinstalled KDM, all to no avail. I've rummaged through some logs I could think of, without very interesting results: 'tail -n 200 /var/log/syslog |grep kdm' gives me uninteresting information: Sep 1 16:13:11 localhost kdm_greet[4432]: Can't open default user face Sep 1 22:32:17 localhost kdm_greet[6547]: Can't open default user face Sep 1 22:32:34 localhost kdm_greet[6614]: Can't open default user face and auth.log gives: Sep 1 22:32:25 localhost kdm: :0[6534]: (pam_unix) session opened for user john by (uid=0) Sep 1 22:32:31 localhost kdm: :0[6534]: (pam_unix) session closed for user john in kdm.log, I have this: (...) QImage::convertDepth: Image is a null image QImage::smoothScale: Image is a null image Could not init font path element tcp/localhost:7110, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo, removing from list! QImage::convertDepth: Image is a null image QImage::smoothScale: Image is a null image AUDIT: Thu Sep 1 22:35:48 2005: 6533 X: client 4 rejected from local host Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1 I don't worry about the QImage stuff, though the last two lines do intrigue me. Xorg.0.log[.old] have nothing unusual that I notice... Does anybody have any pointers on how to fix this, or, failing that, where to search for some more useful information in debugging why launching my session with KDM fails? John
