Bug 79657 - KDM 3.2.1 just gives xterm for any user at login
Summary: KDM 3.2.1 just gives xterm for any user at login
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kdm
Classification: Miscellaneous
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified FreeBSD
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdm bugs tracker
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Reported: 2004-04-14 21:36 UTC by Ernst de Haan
Modified: 2008-05-19 17:30 UTC (History)
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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. :)