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marco.it

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From: Cagliari (Italy)

Registered: 2006-10-30

Posts: 19

login manager doesn't restart

Hi,

At the end of my session the login manager (kdm) doesn't restart any more. It starts only when I digit "reboot" or "shutdown -P"

Thanks

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Mr.Elendig

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From: The intertubes

Registered: 2004-11-07

Posts: 4,097

Re: login manager doesn't restart

How do you start kdm, from rc.conf or initttab?

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marco.it

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From: Cagliari (Italy)

Registered: 2006-10-30

Posts: 19

Re: login manager doesn't restart

from inittab

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Mr.Elendig

#archlinux@freenode channel op

From: The intertubes

Registered: 2004-11-07

Posts: 4,097

Re: login manager doesn't restart

id:5:initdefault:
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x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon

Like that?

Oh, and did you do anything before it stopped working?

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marco.it

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From: Cagliari (Italy)

Registered: 2006-10-30

Posts: 19

Re: login manager doesn't restart

the code in inittab is ok.

When I choose  from the kde menu "Restart X Server" or "Logout" from Xfce it goes back to the consolle (Login: )

When I restart my pc or I digit from the consolle "shutdown -P now" it's all ok

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Skyscraper

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Registered: 2005-06-20

Posts: 72

Re: login manager doesn't restart

I've got the same problem on my laptop.
Anyone has any tips about it?

marco.it

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From: Cagliari (Italy)

Registered: 2006-10-30

Posts: 19

Re: login manager doesn't restart

it also works from terminal with

telinit 3 && telinit 5 

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Skyscraper

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Registered: 2005-06-20

Posts: 72

Re: login manager doesn't restart

This is for sure a KDM problem. I made some tests with XDM as a login manager (inittab 5) to my KDE sessions for 2 users and it worked fine. Logouts worked ok and login manager showed as it should.
With KDM I've found problem with logging out when only one user is working on the computer. I made test with "switching users/starting new sessions" so two users could work without logging out. And when one of them wanted to end session, he normally logged out or turned the comupter off from the K menu. Screen correctly got back to the first session of the first user.
And of course when first user wanted to log out - KDM crashed....

So where is the problem? hmm...

McQueen

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From: Arizona

Registered: 2006-03-20

Posts: 387

Re: login manager doesn't restart

If you are for sure it is a KDM problem I would suggest reviewing the official KDE bug listings for similar reports and possible fixes that may be available. This is always a good place to start when researching these kind of desktop issues.

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Skyscraper

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Registered: 2005-06-20

Posts: 72

Re: login manager doesn't restart

I'll search KDE's bugtraq. But it is strange., I have 2 workstations (desktop and laptop) with Arch Linux current and KDE and only on laptop i have problem with logging out.. I think that DE is configured almost the same on both machines. I don't know what i should look for on laptop.

Skyscraper

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Registered: 2005-06-20

Posts: 72

Re: login manager doesn't restart

Ok and here is the kdm.log entry

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
Current Operating System: Linux t23 2.6.18-ck #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Nov 5 18:54:10 GMT 2006 i686
Build Date: 19 September 2006
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Wed Nov  8 23:52:10 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
    [10f] 320 x 200, 70Hz
    [112] 640 x 480, 60Hz, 72Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz, 100Hz
    [115] 800 x 600, 60Hz, 72Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz, 100Hz
    [118] 1024 x 768, 60Hz, 70Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz, 100Hz
    [11b] 1280 x 1024, 60Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz
    [11e] 640 x 400, 70Hz
    [124] 1600 x 1200, 60Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz
    [134] 320 x 240, 72Hz
    [13e] 1400 x 1050, 60Hz, 75Hz
    [144] 400 x 300, 72Hz
    [154] 512 x 384, 70Hz
    [175] 720 x 480, 75Hz
    [17f] 720 x 576, 75Hz
(EE) SAVAGE(0): DRI isn't enabled
(EE) AIGLX: DRI module not loaded
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
>                   Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
QSettings: error creating /tmp/1281107925/.qt
QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/1281107925/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings: error creating /tmp/1281107925/.qt
QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/1281107925/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings: error creating /tmp/1281107925/.qt
QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/1281107925/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
Link points to "/var/tmp/kdecache-root"
SetClientVersion: 0 9
SetGrabKeysState - disabled
AUDIT: Wed Nov  8 23:55:49 2006: 3047 X: client 12 rejected from local host
AUDIT: Wed Nov  8 23:57:11 2006: 3047 X: client 12 rejected from local host
SetGrabKeysState - enabled
AUDIT: Thu Nov  9 00:14:24 2006: 3047 X: client 13 rejected from local host
SetClientVersion: 0 9
SetGrabKeysState - disabled
SetGrabKeysState - enabled
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
(EE) SAVAGE(0): DRI isn't enabled
(EE) AIGLX: DRI module not loaded
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
>                   Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x84) [0x80c4724]
1: [0xb7fcf420]
2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libramdac.so(xf86SetCursor+0x10b) [0xafa8f6eb]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libramdac.so [0xafa8ed53]
4: /usr/bin/X(miPointerUpdate+0x164) [0x81127e4]
5: /usr/bin/X [0x81128f9]
6: /usr/bin/X [0x8128d3e]
7: /usr/bin/X [0x814e7a3]
8: /usr/bin/X(DefineInitialRootWindow+0x11e) [0x808fdae]
9: /usr/bin/X(main+0x454) [0x806ec04]
10: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xd8) [0xb7df5808]
11: /usr/bin/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0xa5) [0x806df61]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

AUDIT: Thu Nov  9 00:26:08 2006: 2916 X: client 18 rejected from local host
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

Fatal server error is interesting. I don't know what is the problem. I even prepared new xorg.conf again.

Any ideas?

Skyscraper

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Registered: 2005-06-20

Posts: 72

Re: login manager doesn't restart

OK, I've found solution for my T23 laptop!
It is not a KDM problem. But the Xorg's SAVAGE driver! I changed "savage" to "vesa" in my xorg.conf and everything is working just FINE!

so, so, so..... what is wrong with the savage driver???

Schrauber

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Registered: 2007-02-01

Posts: 7

Re: login manager doesn't restart

Same problem here. I have a Fujitsu Siemens K7600 Notebook with Savage graphics. And also I get the server crash on logout. Any news on this?
Did anyone try recompiling the savage X-server?

marco.it

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From: Cagliari (Italy)

Registered: 2006-10-30

Posts: 19

Re: login manager doesn't restart

Now it works again, after the last kernel update; maybe it was a bug.

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