Re: [gentoo-user] kdm or kde won't login specific user, but "startx" works

[Francisco Ares]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Francisco Ares <frares@×××××.com> wrote:

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>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Gmail <hungptit@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>> Have you added consolekit to the boot level? If you did then please post
>> your xdm and kdm log file.
>>
>> Hung
>>
>> Francisco Ares wrote:
>> > Hi, All
>> >
>> > After several upgrades, now kdm (apparently) doesn't login my wife's
>> > user - or perhaps kde doesn't keep an open session for her: a few
>> > seconds after password, the login windows reappears.
>> >
>> > But the strange thing is that logging in a text console and issuing
>> > that old and good "startx" command, the kde session starts as expected.
>> >
>> > Anyone have any idea where should I start checking?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Francisco
>> >
>> > --
>>
>>
> Hy, Hung, thanks for your answer.
>
> I don't have consolekit at boot runlevel. Don't even have it emerged yet.
> Didn't know I was supposed to. Doing so right now.
>
> Meanwhile, I have no xdm log, but in kdm.log there is a difference during
> my  login and my wife's login, it is this only two entries in
> /var/log/kdm.log after my wife's user login:
>
> (EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard
> (EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard
>
> I've done a search for "Virtual core" and didn't find a thing up to now.
>
> Any hint?
>
> Thanks again
>
> Francisco
>

Well, I had consolekit up an running and didn't know that, sorry.

There is no xdm log, and the only two entries already mentioned.

I'll try to remove the user and add it again, perhaps a permissions issue.

Thanks again
Francisco
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