[please CC me on replies] Hi,
I have a sarge machine with KDE 3.3 installed, and for some reason, kdm doesn't start anymore. It's properly registered as S99 with runlevel 2 (the default), it is the default window manager, and a `set -x` in the init script reveals that start-stop-daemon is being called properly while the script executes. However, when I boot the machine, or change to runlevel 2 (e.g. from single user mode), the script says it started the KDE window manager, but the machine is left with the /bin/login prompt, and neither kdm.log nor XFree86.0.log contain any hint for a problem. The screen also does not turn blank or flicker, so it seems as if kdm simply doesn't start. It seems that sometimes the machine just sits and waits for a keypress, then suddenly starts kdm. However, this is not reproducible at will, happens randomly it seems. Curiously, running the init script by hand after the boot works alright. I've attached a tarball of four strace scripts after putting an strace -ff -F in front of the init script start-stop-daemon call for kdm. I can't make sense of it, but maybe it helps. Thanks for any help! Please CC me on replies! -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP (sub)keys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! "if a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the bus is interrupted at a very last resort, and the access of the memory makes your floppy disk abort, then the socket packet pocket has an error to report." -- <speedstream>
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