kdm fails with systemd

gbj13 · 2012-08-31 15:28:32

Hello, i recently started using systemd and followed the instructions given in the wiki. The problem is that systemd drops me on a terminal instead of starting kde. I was wondering if anyone knew how to fix this problem?
Right now I have to stop the systemd service from running ad start kdm as root to get into kde.

I have of course used the command

systemctl enable kdm.service

journalctl shows me this error

kdm[297]: X server died during startup
kdm[297]: X server for display :0 cannot be started, session disabled

Any help on this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

LordChaos73 · 2012-08-31 20:29:25

Apparently your X server won't start, that's why kdm isn't able to run.

Have a look at:

~/.xsession-errors

and

/var/log/Xorg.0.log

Anything useful in there ?

gbj13 · 2012-09-02 19:17:09

Thank you for your reply. I found nothing interesting in xsession-errors, except for errors about inotify. I however found this in my Xorg.0.log

 64.835] (**) NVIDIA(0):     EDID frequencies has been enabled on all display
[    64.835] (**) NVIDIA(0):     devices.)
[   137.664] [mi] EQ overflowing.  Additional events will be discarded until existing events are processed.
[   137.664] 
[   137.664] Backtrace:
[   137.664] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x36) [0x560366]
[   137.664] 1: /usr/bin/X (mieqEnqueue+0x26b) [0x54161b]
[   137.664] 2: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x47f92) [0x447f92]
[   137.665] 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (0x7f8b1e831000+0x5f74) [0x7f8b1e836f74]
[   137.665] 4: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x6efd7) [0x46efd7]
[   137.665] 5: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x93370) [0x493370]
[   137.665] 6: /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f8b257da000+0xf170) [0x7f8b257e9170]
[   137.665] 7: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f8b1f37a000+0x8f22f) [0x7f8b1f40922f]
[   137.665] 8: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f8b1f37a000+0x90126) [0x7f8b1f40a126]
[   137.665] 9: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f8b1f37a000+0x117011) [0x7f8b1f491011]
[   137.665] 10: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f8b1f37a000+0xb17b0) [0x7f8b1f42b7b0]
[   137.665] 11: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f8b1f37a000+0x52ea90) [0x7f8b1f8a8a90]
[   137.665] 12: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0xf2119) [0x4f2119]
[   137.665] 13: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0xbb005) [0x4bb005]
[   137.665] 14: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0xbc35f) [0x4bc35f]
[   137.665] 15: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0xb94cc) [0x4b94cc]
[   137.665] 16: /usr/bin/X (ConfigureWindow+0x378) [0x45d578]
[   137.665] 17: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2efd4) [0x42efd4]
[   137.665] 18: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x34531) [0x434531]
[   137.665] 19: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x23615) [0x423615]
[   137.665] 20: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7f8b24686725]
[   137.665] 21: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x238ed) [0x4238ed]
[   137.665] 
[   137.665] [mi] These backtraces from mieqEnqueue may point to a culprit higher up the stack.
[   137.665] [mi] mieq is *NOT* the cause.  It is a victim.
[   137.737] [mi] Increasing EQ size to 512 to prevent dropped events.
[   137.737] [mi] EQ processing has resumed after 15 dropped events.
[   137.737] [mi] This may be caused my a misbehaving driver monopolizing the server's resources.

I have no idea what is happening here. I have the latest nvidia driver from core.

theshadster · 2012-09-03 18:29:28

Seems to be an old-ish bug:

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29503

Are you using the latest nvidia driver ? My i686 nvidia driver is fine, for what it's worth - driver version 304.43.

gbj13 · 2012-09-03 18:50:38

Yes I am using the latest driver. I managed to fix this problem temprarily by removing xorg.conf. I am hoping that the next nvidia update will fix this problem.

c2ypt1c · 2014-02-15 00:43:39

I know this is an old post but I just ran into this problem and it turned out to be related to the config file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf. I manually entered some settings and it must have screwed things up.

ewaller · 2014-02-15 01:16:11

c2ypt1c wrote:

I know this is an old post but I just ran into this problem and it turned out to be related to the config file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf. I manually entered some settings and it must have screwed things up.

Yes. KDE has changed a lot in a year and a half. I am going to close this thread. Feel free to start a new thread and, if you still feel this thread is relevant, link back to this thread.

Closing

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#1 2012-08-31 15:28:32

kdm fails with systemd

#2 2012-08-31 20:29:25

Re: kdm fails with systemd

#3 2012-09-02 19:17:09

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#4 2012-09-03 18:29:28

Re: kdm fails with systemd

#5 2012-09-03 18:50:38

Re: kdm fails with systemd

#6 2014-02-15 00:43:39

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#7 2014-02-15 01:16:11

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