On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Andy Zbikowski wrote:
> Try starting X from the command line (no display manager) with startx or
> just X. Can you do this as root? Does startx work as a normal user?
I can use startx just fine.
> I'm going to make a guess that KDM is calling X and telling it to use
> /etc/X11/XF86Config, when it should be using /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>
> Check /etc/X11/kdm/Xservers.
> /etc/X11/X -xf86config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 should start the X server.
> (/etc/X11/X is a sym link to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86)
After lots of comments, /etc/X11/kdm/Xservers contains:
:0 local /usr/bin/X11/X vt7 -deferglyphs 16
Clay asked about what the actual scripts looked like. Here they are:
galileo:/etc/X11/kdm# cat Xstartup_0
#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/X11/kdm/Xstartup_0
#
# This script is run as root after a user starts a session on :0.
set -e
# Call the global Xstartup script, if it exists
if [ -x /etc/X11/kdm/Xstartup ]; then
/etc/X11/kdm/Xstartup || exit $?
fi
# :0 specific startup commands go here
exit 0
Here's the /etc/X11/kdm/Xstartup file:
galileo:/etc/X11/kdm# cat Xstartup
#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/X11/kdm/Xstartup
#
# This script is run as root after the user logs in.
# If this script exits with a return code other than 0, the user's
# session will not be started.
PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin/X11
if grep -qs ^ignore-nologin /etc/X11/kdm/kdm.options; then
if [ -f /etc/nologin ]; then
if command -v xmessage > /dev/null 2>&1; then
xmessage -file /etc/nologin -geometry 640x480
fi
fi
elif [ -f /etc/nologin ]; then
if command -v /usr/bin/X11/xmessage > /dev/null 2>&1; then
xmessage -file /etc/nologin -geometry 640x480
fi
exit 1
fi
# insert a utmp entry for the session
if grep -qs ^use-sessreg /etc/X11/kdm/kdm.options; then
exec sessreg -a -l $DISPLAY -u /var/run/utmp -x /etc/X11/kdm/Xservers
$USER
# NOTREACHED
fi
exit 0
Any ideas?
-Tim
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