Version: (using KDE 4.3.4) OS: Linux Installed from: Ubuntu Packages KDM does not always log me in automatically. From time to time it works but most of the time i see the normal login mask. I'm using Kubuntu Lucid Lynx. This happens since about 1-2 weeks. Nothing more to say i think :)
i deem it much more likely that the kde session just immediately creashes. check the timestamp of ~/.xsession-errors and have a look at daemon.log and kdm.log in /var/log.
You might be right: daemon.log Dec 17 06:34:12 laptop kdm: :0[2058]: Cannot open ConsoleKit session: Unable to open session: Method "OpenSessionWithParameters" with signature "a(sv)" on interface "org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager" doesn't exist Dec 17 06:34:12 laptop kdm: :0[2058]: Client start failed Dec 17 06:34:12 laptop kdm: :0[2058]: Cannot close ConsoleKit session: Unable to close session: no session open IS this bug a duplicate of something else?
blah, that's kdm's slightly broken consolekit integration. i'm aware of bugs in that area, but i don't remember whether they are filed on bugzilla.
SVN commit 1093647 by ossi: make ConsoleKit failure non-fatal libck-connector sucks at error reporting, so we cannot tell whether no ck daemon is running (which would be kinda fine) or whether talking with it failed (which would be a bit worse). so choose the less disruptive whole-sale solution. BUG: 218983 M +9 -2 client.c WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1093647
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