From kde-devel  Sun Feb 27 22:16:02 2005
From: Jim Philips <jimmyc () speedfactory ! net>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:16:02 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: 3.4RC1: kdm won't start KDE
Message-Id: <200502271716.02248.jimmyc () speedfactory ! net>
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On Sunday 27 February 2005 04:58 pm, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> Jim Philips wrote:
> > This was also true of my installation of KDE 3.4 Beta 2. If I try to
> > start a KDE session with kdm, I only get an xterm showing up over the kdm
> > screen. If I then type "startkde" into that terminal, KDE starts up. But
> > I always get the xterm first. Every other window manager starts up
> > normally from kdm. This is on Slackware 10.1 running X11 6.8.1. Is this a
> > known bug? Is there a fix out there?
>
> First be absolutely certain that you don't have more than one: "kdm"
> executable on your system or if you have multiple versions installed,
> make sure that you are using the correct one.
>
> If you installed over an existing installation, it is possible that the
> configuration didn't work.  Rename or move to safety:
> "$KDEDIR/share/config/kdm", then go to: "kdebase/kdm" in your source
> tree and [as root]:
>
>  make install
>
> If that doesn't fix it, you will need to debug the file:
> "$KDEDIR/share/config/kdm/Xsession" to see why it isn't working.
>
> First, do you have: "KDE" in the KDM login dialog: "Menu -> Session Type".
>
> Second, make sure that the: "startkde" script is on the path that is
> passed to Xsession.
>
> What happens is that KDM calls this script (Xsession) after you login
> with the command:
>
>  Xsession <Exec>

I went into kdm's config directory and found that Xsession had been backed up 
by a previous install. But no new copy was created on the next install! So, I 
reinstalled kdm and that fixed it. 
 
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