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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: KDM Login Problems.
From:       "Sheldon Lee Wen" <sheldonl () nortelnetworks ! com>
Date:       1999-05-03 2:26:22
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Hi,

I added a line to my /etc/inittab file right at the end:

x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/env KDEDIR=/usr /usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon 

But it had no effect. What else am I missing?

Sheldon

Bill Gilmore wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Sheldon Lee Wen wrote:
> > >%_Hi,
> >
> >      Has anyone ran across a problem where when KDM first comes up you can't type anything
> > in the userid and passwd fields? However, if I hit "restart X server" and restart X then
> > when it comes up the second time it's fine. BTW: I'm on RH5.9 Reportedly GDM doesn't have this
> > problem ( I have a friend who has the same problem ).
> >
> > I do have an xdm-error.log file which I'm attaching. I noticed the stty thing but don't
> > quite know what to do with it.
> >
> > Sheldon.
> 
> Hi Sheldon,
> 
> I had a similar problem with XDM.  I am attaching a solution from Bill
> Nottingham:
> 
> Bill Gilmore (caddmasters@home.com) said:
> > Linux single at the lilo prompt fixed the problem.  Thanks guys!  I tried
> > Mike's suggestion: typing init 5 at the console and that brought up the login
> > screen at which I successfully typed in username (root) and password and X
> > started just fine.  I wonder what the difference is.  Is this a bug?  Why won't
> > the keyboard work when I boot into XDM?
> 
> Race condition in the initscripts startup. xdm starts before the mingettys,
> so it gets started on tty2. Fixed by reverting to the old /etc/inittab method
> of starting a display manager.
> 
> Bill
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