[SOLVED] cannot login via kdm

bigpool · 2012-07-15 01:57:49

A message box pops up "System is booting up".
Can anyone help me?
Thanks a lot in advance.

Last edited by bigpool (2012-07-16 10:47:44)

bigpool · 2012-07-15 12:51:59

When I am in the single-user-mode and manually start the kdm, I can login.
Does anyone know that's the root cause?

noddy21007 · 2012-07-15 21:42:41

I had a similar issue until I removed the "read -n1" from my /etc/rc.local (implemented so-as not to clear boot messages from tty1). It appears rc.local now needs to complete for the system to finish booting.

progandy · 2012-07-15 22:56:13

noddy21007 wrote:

I had a similar issue until I removed the "read -n1" from my /etc/rc.local (implemented so-as not to clear boot messages from tty1). It appears rc.local now needs to complete for the system to finish booting.

If you want to keep the messages, better try to add --noreset and/or --noclear to the command which spawns agetty for tty1

bens0n · 2012-07-15 23:47:47

I think you may need to do a pacman -Syu to update initscripts (see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=144483). I had the same problem this morning. You should be able to login as root and do it from there.Make sure that the mirror you're using is up to date.

bigpool · 2012-07-16 10:46:43

The problem is solved after I remove "read -n1" from rc.local.

kokoko3k · 2012-07-17 13:10:51

I used to launch kdm with autologin while rc.local was working in background with something like

#!/bin/bash
sleep 60
do other things
Now kdm says that the system is booting up, and ask me to push ok, and if i do it it works, but is a pain, because it requires me to stay on the pc.

if i restart kdm after rc.local has ended, it works without issue.

Is there a workaround?

-edit
(other than remove the sleep command!)

And.. where that message come from?
--edit

I fooled it by copying /etc/rc.local to /etc/rc.local.bkgnd
and calling "/etc/rc.local.bkgnd &" from /etc/rc.local...

Last edited by kokoko3k (2012-07-17 13:28:38)

toad · 2012-07-17 13:50:32

kokoko3k wrote:

I fooled it by copying /etc/rc.local to /etc/rc.local.bkgnd
and calling "/etc/rc.local.bkgnd &" from /etc/rc.local...

Nice

magillos · 2012-07-20 11:05:32

I have the same problem with empty rc.local. And despite setting automatic login kdm login window pops up every time I boot. Annoying.

kokoko3k · 2012-07-21 15:22:25

...maybe because kdm isn't your last daemon in rc.conf or, if it is, you're backgrounding some other which take some time to start.
In those cases, you could try to move them manually into /etc/rc.local.bkgnd as in post #7

magillos · 2012-07-21 21:03:24

kokoko3k wrote:

...maybe because kdm isn't your last daemon in rc.conf ...

I run kdm through inittab.

Last edited by magillos (2012-07-22 18:08:10)

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[SOLVED] cannot login via kdm

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