Version: (using Devel) Compiler: gcc (Gentoo 4.3.4 p1.0, pie-10.1.5) 4.3.4 OS: Linux Installed from: Compiled sources Yesterday (28.Nov 2009) i updated my live build of kde4. (revision 1056015 of kdebase/workspaces) Since then kdm hangs on start and the kdm.log gets big (file size several MBs). Most lines in kdm.log are as follows: "KConfigIni: In file /linuxrc, line 42: " Invalid entry (missing '=') "KConfigIni: In file /linuxrc, line 43: " Invalid entry (missing '=') "KConfigIni: In file /swapfile, line 1: " Invalid entry (missing '=') "KConfigIni: In file /swapfile, line 2: " Invalid entry (missing '=') "KConfigIni: In file /swapfile, line 4: " Invalid entry (missing '=') "KConfigIni: In file /swapfile, line 5: " Invalid entry (missing '=') "KConfigIni: In file /swapfile, line 7: " Invalid entry (missing '=') "KConfigIni: In file /swapfile, line 8: " Invalid entry (missing '=') As you can see KConfigIni tries to open files in the /-dir as a config file. The strange thing is, that this ony happens when kdm gets started via the start-stop-daemon executable used bye the xdm start-script in gentoo. When i start kdm directly as root the problem is gone. But the package which has the start-stop-daemon was last updated on 16. Nov. 2009. So it can't be the source of the problem, because previouse version of kdm/kdelibs (installed on 22. Nov. 2009) worked without problems. The question is why does KConfigIni tries to load files in the /-dir as a config file.
these messages don't come from kdm, but from one of the programs started by it, possibly by Xstartup or Xsetup, or maybe krootimage (kdm's "built-in" background in unthemed mode). the problem as such looks like a wildcard gone wild - e.g., something to the effect of $CONFIGDIR/* with an empty variable. that could be caused by a broken build => wipe build dir and retry.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 334845 ***