[Bug 480471] Re: KDM refused to start but gave no indication as to why

2010-11-29 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- KDM refused to start but gave no indication as to why https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480471 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 480471] Re: KDM refused to start but gave no indication as to why

2010-03-27 Thread Sam Azer
* I'm guessing the version of Kubuntu was 9.04 back in November. * Sorry I can't remember what version of the kernel or of the X-Server was - but it was whatever was shipping in the Backports PPA at that time. * In case it helps, the uname string from my main workstation is currently Linux 2.6.31

[Bug 480471] Re: KDM refused to start but gave no indication as to why

2010-03-27 Thread Sam Azer
If I remember correctly KDM was calling a long-gone X process (something that was running before the system was rebooted.) KDM was returning a meaningless error text because it could not talk to the long-gone process. Xinit had the same problem but returned a more helpful error message. I was hopin

[Bug 480471] Re: KDM refused to start but gave no indication as to why

2010-03-27 Thread Ralph Janke
Thanks for reporting this issue. Could you please give us some more information about your system: 1) Kubuntu Version 2) kernel version 3) X-server Version 4) KDE version please also include into this report the following error logs: /var/log/Xorg.*.log Please also give us the information abou