Running XF86 4.1 and KDE 2.2 on Debian unstable with kernel 2.4.12. kdm starts on boot up but then dies. Passing kdm -debug 255, I get tons of stuff in my syslog but nothing that appears to be an error:
Oct 16 19:44:18 corwin kdm[2501]: Forked helper /usr/bin/kdm_config, pid 2502 Oct 16 19:44:18 corwin kdm[2501]: Sending int 255 (0xff) to helper Oct 16 19:44:18 corwin kdm[2501]: Getter ready Oct 16 19:44:18 corwin kdm[2501]: Sending int 1 (0x1) to helper Oct 16 19:44:18 corwin kdm[2501]: Receiving int from helper ... Oct 16 19:44:18 corwin kdm[2502]: execute: /usr/bin/kdm_config ; CONINFO=3 6 Oct 16 19:45:59 corwin kdm[2501]: -> 1 (0x1) Oct 16 19:45:59 corwin kdm[2501]: Receiving string from helper ... kdm parses the kdmrc file, then there are a number of "Receiving int..." and "Receiving already allocated string..." entries, then: Oct 16 19:45:59 corwin kdm[2505]: Found new display: :0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp vt7 Oct 16 19:45:59 corwin kdm[2505]: StartDisplay :0, try 1 Oct 16 19:45:59 corwin kdm[2505]: startConfig Oct 16 19:45:59 corwin kdm[2505]: Getter ready Oct 16 19:45:59 corwin kdm[2505]: requesting config 4 followed by a great many more "Receiving..." entries and finally Oct 16 19:45:59 corwin kdm[2505]: SetLocalAuthorization :0, auth XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 Oct 16 19:45:59 corwin kdm[2505]: GenerateAuthorization XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 As you can see, the first log entry was at 19:44:18 and the last one at 19:45:59, so it takes roughly a minute and a half before dropping to the command line. (This delay disappears if I remove the debugging flag.) During this time frame, the screen will go blank but the monitor never changes resolutions nor gives any other indication that X is trying to start. (X works fine if started manually via startx.) Thanks in advance for any hints or ideas as to what may be going on.
