On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Martijn van den Burg wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am using the graphical login of KDM to login in my SuSE 5.3 system
> (kernel 2.0.35) but _sometimes_ KDM does not 'catch on' after
> booting, and keeps respawning.
>
> What actually happens is:
> - all the ususal boot messages flash by
> - 'Starting KDM...'
> - screen goes black after one very short flash of something while KDM tries to
> connect to the X-server (I presume) and fails
> - KDM respawns and etcetera.
>
> The only way to stop this is the three-finger salute, switch off
> the pc and restart after a while.
>
> What causes this intermittent problem and how can I solve it?
>From the support database:
With an editor, remove the option -quiet from the line that starts the
X server in the file /usr/X11/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers.
This way the X server gets more time to identify the hardware when being
started by xdm.
Phil
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