Hi I found this as the last line in /var/log/kdm.log
/home/roland/debian/openldap/build/2.1.23-1/openldap2-2.1.23/libraries/libldap/unbind.c:40: ldap_unbind_ext: Assertion `( (ld)->ld_options.ldo_valid == 0x2 )' failed. May it be a packaging issue? Cheers Hendrik -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (80, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-1-686-smp Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages kdm depends on: ii debconf 1.4.25 Debian configuration management sy ii kdebase-bin 4:3.2.2-1 KDE Base (binaries) ii kdelibs4 4:3.2.2-2 KDE core libraries ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-5 Library of functions for 2D graphi ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfam0c102 2.7.0-5 client library to control the FAM ii libgcc1 1:3.3.3-6 GCC support library ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libpam-runtime 0.76-21 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 0.76-21 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-6 PNG library - runtime ii libqt3c102-mt 3:3.2.3-2 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Session Management ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.3-6 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxtst6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System event recording an ii xbase-clients 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 miscellaneous X clients ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System client libraries m ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-3 compression library - runtime -- PGP ID 65C92061