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From: Simon Windsor <simon.windsor@×××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't login using KDM
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:25:59
Message-Id: 200507122119.33984.simon.windsor@cornfield.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't login using KDM by Zac Medico
1 Hi
2
3 Check the permissions on
4
5 /dev/null
6
7 If these are not
8
9 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Jul 11 19:32 /dev/null
10
11 then please run
12
13 env-update && source /etc/profile && etc-update
14
15 All the best
16
17 Simon
18
19 On Tuesday 12 July 2005 16:23, Zac Medico wrote:
20 > Yuval Scharf wrote:
21 > > Hi,
22 > >
23 > > I'm using KDE 3.4.
24 > > Since few days ago I can't login using KDM.
25 > > The login process can't pass the "initializing peripherals" stage.
26 > > I can see that there are two processes running kded (one of the is the
27 > > father of the other) which I can't kill.
28 > > After rebooting the machine I can login once and then the probelm
29 > > returns.
30 > >
31 > > Any ideas?
32 > >
33 > > Thanks,
34 > > Yuval Scharf
35 >
36 > This kind of problem is usually some type of permissions issue. Maybe it's
37 > related to the hidden .ICE-unix, .X0-lock, or .X11-unix in /tmp. Try
38 > logging in as root and/or bypass kdm with startx. Did you get anything in
39 > /var/log/kdm.log?
40 >
41 > Zac
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