Bug 79657

Summary:	KDM 3.2.1 just gives xterm for any user at login
Product:	kdm	Reporter:	Ernst de Haan <znerd>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdm bugs tracker <kdm-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	FreeBSD
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Ernst de Haan 2004-04-14 21:36:03 UTC

Version:           onbekend (using KDE 3.2.1, compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 [FreeBSD] 20031106
OS:          FreeBSD (i386) release 5.2.1-RELEASE

When I login on the kdm login screen, all I get is an xterm window in the top-left corner. I cannot make the window active, so I cannot type text in it. And this applies to all users, even to root. 

All I can do is Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart kdm and get the login screen again.

I've got a single line with 'startkde' in my ~/.xsession.

A normal 'startx' does work perfectly fine, with KDE starting up immediately.

This has been reported previously, for KDE 3.2.1 on Linux:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?threadid=170141

Comment 1 Oswald Buddenhagen 2004-04-14 23:40:38 UTC

what is saved in every user's ~/.dmrc?

Comment 2 Christian Muehlhaeuser 2004-04-15 13:29:10 UTC

try to set the session type to KDE3, again. this helped here.

regards,
muesli

Comment 3 Ernst de Haan 2004-04-15 16:30:49 UTC

Wrong link. Try:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?threadid=163049

I will check the .dmrc file(s) when I'm back at home.

Comment 4 Oswald Buddenhagen 2004-05-22 16:05:17 UTC

i simply assume that link helped. :)