--- kdm-4.3.5/kdm/backend/dm.c.orig	2010-05-08 17:00:38.000000000 -0700
+++ kdm-4.3.5/kdm/backend/dm.c	2010-05-08 17:38:17.000000000 -0700
@@ -1469,7 +1469,15 @@
 
 		d->hstent->lock = d->hstent->rLogin = d->hstent->goodExit =
 			d->sdRec.how = 0;
-		d->lastStart = now;
+		/* If this is a local server then we record the actual
+		 * start time of the server - this is because the server
+		 * can be reset without restarting and it can crash when,
+		 * or after, reset - we don't want to disable it if it
+		 * crashes in this case.  (See exitDisplay() below.)
+		 * 'lastStart' is set in server.c to make this work.
+		 */
+		if ((d->displayType & d_location) != dLocal)
+			d->lastStart = now;
 		break;
 	}
 }
@@ -1558,7 +1566,7 @@
 		} else {
 			if (serverCmd == XS_RETRY) {
 				if ((d->displayType & d_location) == dLocal) {
-					if (he->lastExit - d->lastStart < 120) {
+					if (he->lastExit - d->lastStart < 20) {
 						logError( "Unable to fire up local display %s;"
 						          " disabling.\n", d->name );
 						stopDisplay( d );
--- kdm-4.3.5/kdm/backend/server.c.orig	2010-05-08 17:00:43.000000000 -0700
+++ kdm-4.3.5/kdm/backend/server.c	2010-05-08 17:35:34.000000000 -0700
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@
 
 	debug( "startServerOnce for %s, try %d\n", d->name, ++d->startTries );
 	d->serverStatus = starting;
+	/* For the local X server record the start time of the server, not the
+	 * session, so set the time here and not in dm.c:startDisplayP2()
+	 */
+	d->lastStart = now;
 	switch (Fork( &d->serverPid )) {
 	case 0:
 		argv = prepareServerArgv( d, d->serverArgsLocal );