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--- Begin Message ---Package: kdm Version: 4:2.2.1.0-6 Severity: wishlist I had some wrong config line in /etc/kde2/kdm/Xservers: :0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 75 tcp vt7 which caused the X server not to start. The logfile entries were: Dec 7 12:57:23 tpo2 kdm[507]: Server unexpectedly died Dec 7 12:57:38 tpo2 kdm[507]: Server for display :0 can't be started, session disabled Nevertheless /etc/init.d/kdm did not complain: tpo2:~# /etc/init.d/kdm start Starting K display manager: done. - nothing else happened. When I: (strace /etc/init.d/kdm start 2>&1 ) | less I see that the X server reports to STDERR (?) that it didn't recognize some option. I failed to figure out who in the whole chain was responsible for supressing STDERR so I'd miss that error message from the X server, but it'd be nice to see some useful feedback in case /etc/init.d/kdm fails to start. Otherwise the user is pretty much left in the dark about why the system fails to start. Thanks, *t -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux tpo2 2.4.14-686 #1 Fri Nov 9 22:25:26 EST 2001 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages kdm depends on: ii debconf 1.0.17 Debian configuration management sy ii enlightenment [x-windo 0.16.5-4 The Enlightenment Window Manager hi ion [x-window-manager] 0.0.20010314-1 A keyboard-friendly window manager ii kdebase [x-session-man 4:2.2.1.0-6 KDE core applications ii kdelibs3 4:2.2.1-14 KDE core libraries (runtime files) ii libc6 2.2.4-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libjpeg62 6b-4 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG hi libpam-modules 0.72-9 Pluggable Authentication Modules f hi libpam0g 0.72-9 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpng2 1.0.12-2 PNG library - runtime ii libqt2 3:2.3.1-16 Qt GUI Library (runtime version). ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-0.011006 The GNU stdc++ library ii xbase-clients 4.1.0-9 miscellaneous X clients ii xlibs 4.1.0-9 X Window System client libraries ii xutils 4.1.0-9 X Window System utility programs hi zlib1g 1:1.1.3-5 compression library - runtime
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--- Begin Message ---On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 02:16:54PM +0100, Tomas Pospisek wrote: > Package: kdm > Version: 4:2.2.1.0-6 > Severity: wishlist > > I had some wrong config line in /etc/kde2/kdm/Xservers: > > :0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 75 tcp vt7 > > which caused the X server not to start. The logfile entries were: > > Dec 7 12:57:23 tpo2 kdm[507]: Server unexpectedly died > Dec 7 12:57:38 tpo2 kdm[507]: Server for display :0 can't be started, > session disabled > > Nevertheless /etc/init.d/kdm did not complain: > > tpo2:~# /etc/init.d/kdm start > Starting K display manager: done. > > - nothing else happened. > > When I: > > (strace /etc/init.d/kdm start 2>&1 ) | less > > I see that the X server reports to STDERR (?) that it didn't recognize some > option. I > failed to figure out who in the whole chain was responsible for supressing > STDERR so I'd miss that error message from the X server, but it'd be nice > to see some useful feedback in case /etc/init.d/kdm fails to start. > > Otherwise the user is pretty much left in the dark about why the system > fails to start. like any other *dm, you have : ~/.xsession-errors, /var/log/*dm.log, /var/log/{Xfree,Xorg}.0.log Moreover, kdm also has popups to explain the problem when it guess which it is. -- ·O· Pierre Habouzit ··O [EMAIL PROTECTED] OOO http://www.madism.orgsignature.asc
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