kdm fails to start right on. after i'm logged in i'm able to start it with /etc/init.d/xdm restart. it used to work. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. start the system 2. wait until kdm starts Actual Results: the display remains black with a blinking dash in the upper left corner. Expected Results: start kdm with a graphical login screen. these are the packages i installed/updated before, after that kdm wasn't able to start anymore: sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.28 app-portage/eix-0.15.0 net-misc/curl-7.19.1 net-libs/xulrunner-1.9.0.3 media-video/vlc-0.9.6 additionaly i have some log excerpt from the /etc/log/kdm.log The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols > Ignoring extra symbols Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server (EE) Failed to load module "evdev" (module does not exist, 0) (EE) No input driver matching `evdev' (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (EE) Failed to load module "evdev" (module does not exist, 0) (EE) No input driver matching `evdev' (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed installing the x11 evdev package doesn't solve the problem. Portage 2.2_rc13 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-4.3.2, glibc-2.8_p20080602-r0, 2.6.27-gentoo-r2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r2-i686-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_4_CPU_3.20GHz-with-glibc2.0 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:46:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.5.2-r8 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r8 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.2 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0 sys-apps/openrc: 0.3.0-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r3 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.19 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ " LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_ALL="de_DE.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="de" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY=" " SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aac acl alsa berkdb bzip2 cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd exif fastcgi fortran gdbm gpm hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog jpeg jpeg2k kde matroska midi mmx mp3 mudflap mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl phonon plasma png pppd python qt3 qt4 readline reflection samba semantic-desktop session spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg sysfs tcpd tiff unicode userlocales vim-syntax win32codecs x86 xcomposite xine xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
After updating from kde-4.0 to kde-4.1 kdm also quit working for me. And, I was able to start kdm manually, but otherwise if I ran the xdm service, I would get xdm. The fix I found in forums was to set these: in /etc/conf.d/xdm DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" in /etc/env.d/90xsession XSESSION="kde-4.1" starting the xdm service now works to start kdm.
i had XSESSION="kde" previously in that config file. now with the kde-4.1 it doesn't work either.
here's my xorg.conf Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" EndSection Section "Module" Load "GLcore" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "dri" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "xtrap" Load "freetype" # Load "type1" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbLayout" "de" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 470 300 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "BNQ" ModelName "BenQ FP222W" ### Comment all HorizSync and VertRefresh values to use DDC: HorizSync 30.0 - 84.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>] #Option "Dac8Bit" # [<bool>] #Option "BusType" # [<str>] #Option "CPPIOMode" # [<bool>] #Option "CPusecTimeout" # <i> Option "AGPMode" "4" # <i> #Option "AGPFastWrite" "True" # [<bool>] #Option "AGPSize" # <i> #Option "GARTSize" # <i> #Option "RingSize" # <i> #Option "BufferSize" # <i> #Option "EnableDepthMoves" # [<bool>] Option "EnablePageFlip" "1" # [<bool>] #Option "NoBackBuffer" # [<bool>] #Option "DMAForXv" # [<bool>] #Option "FBTexPercent" # <i> #Option "DepthBits" # <i> #Option "PCIAPERSize" # <i> Option "AccelDFS" "1" # [<bool>] #Option "DDCMode" # [<bool>] #Option "IgnoreEDID" # [<bool>] #Option "DisplayPriority" # [<str>] #Option "PanelSize" # [<str>] #Option "ForceMinDotClock" # <freq> #Option "ColorTiling" "1" # [<bool>] #Option "VideoKey" # <i> #Option "RageTheatreCrystal" # <i> #Option "RageTheatreTunerPort" # <i> #Option "RageTheatreCompositePort" # <i> #Option "RageTheatreSVideoPort" # <i> #Option "TunerType" # <i> #Option "RageTheatreMicrocPath" # <str> #Option "RageTheatreMicrocType" # <str> #Option "ScalerWidth" # <i> #Option "RenderAccel" "1" # [<bool>] #Option "SubPixelOrder" # [<str>] #Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>] #Option "DynamicClocks" # [<bool>] #Option "VGAAccess" # [<bool>] #Option "ReverseDDC" # [<bool>] #Option "LVDSProbePLL" # [<bool>] Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" # <str> #Option "DRI" # [<bool>] #Option "ConnectorTable" # <str> #Option "DefaultConnectorTable" # [<bool>] #Option "DefaultTMDSPLL" # [<bool>] #Option "TVDACLoadDetect" # [<bool>] #Option "ForceTVOut" # [<bool>] #Option "TVStandard" # <str> #Option "IgnoreLidStatus" # [<bool>] Identifier "Card0" Driver "radeon" VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "dri" Mode 0666 EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection
You should use the following for KDE-4.1: DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" XSESSION="kde-4.1" (In reply to comment #0) > (EE) Failed to load module "evdev" (module does not exist, 0) > (EE) No input driver matching `evdev' > (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed > (EE) Failed to load module "evdev" (module does not exist, 0) > (EE) No input driver matching `evdev' > (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed Do you have the evdev module?
i have those entries in the config files already. emerging the evdev package and using it in the xorg.conf didn't change anything. Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" # Driver "kbd" Driver "evdev" Option "XkbLayout" "de" EndSection Now i have this message in the /var/log/Xorg.log: (EE) Keyboard0: No device specified. (EE) PreInit returned NULL for "Keyboard0" The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols > Ignoring extra symbols Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Have you tried moving xorg.conf elsewhere and start X with an empty or non-existent xorg.conf?
here's the /var/log/kdm.log content after i moved xorg.conf Release Date: 10 October 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27-gentoo-r2 i686 Current Operating System: Linux gentoo 2.6.27-gentoo-r2 #7 SMP Sat Nov 1 11:17:37 CET 2008 i686 Build Date: 02 November 2008 09:14:58AM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Nov 12 12:41:49 2008 (EE) Unable to locate/open config file New driver is "ati" (==) Using default built-in configuration (30 lines) (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0) (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0) NTSC PAL finished output detect: 0 finished output detect: 1 finished output detect: 2 finished all detect before xf86InitialConfiguration in RADEONProbeOutputModes after xf86InitialConfiguration Entering TV Save Save TV timing tables saveTimingTables: reading timing tables TV Save done init memmap init common init crtc1 init pll1 freq: 146250000 best_freq: 146250000 best_feedback_div: 65 best_ref_div: 6 best_post_div: 2 restore memmap restore common restore crtc1 restore pll1 finished PLL1 restore dac
found some more output in /var/log/messages, don't know if it's related Nov 11 11:42:05 gentoo [ 31.162296] X:2130 conflicting memory types e8000000-f0000000 write-combining<->uncached-minus Nov 11 11:42:05 gentoo [ 31.162306] reserve_memtype failed 0xe8000000-0xf0000000, track write-combining, req write-combining Nov 11 11:42:05 gentoo cron[2209]: (CRON) STARTUP (V5.0) Nov 11 11:42:06 gentoo [ 32.497776] X:2130 conflicting memory types e8000000-f0000000 write-combining<->uncached-minus Nov 11 11:42:06 gentoo [ 32.497788] reserve_memtype failed 0xe8000000-0xf0000000, track write-combining, req write-combining Nov 11 11:42:06 gentoo [ 32.499300] X:2241 freeing invalid memtype e8000000-f0000000 Nov 11 11:42:07 gentoo kdm[2116]: X server startup timeout, terminating Nov 11 11:42:07 gentoo [ 33.267460] [drm] Num pipes: 1 Nov 11 11:42:07 gentoo [ 33.343988] X:2130 freeing invalid memtype e8000000-f0000000
maybe this one is more related to my problem (/var/log/messages? Nov 12 13:04:29 gentoo hald[1987]: 13:04:29.883 [I] osspec.c:241: SEQNUM=1097, ACTION=remove, SUBSYSTEM=vc, DEVPATH=/sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcs7, DEVNAME=/dev/vcs7, IFINDEX=0 Nov 12 13:04:29 gentoo hald[1987]: 13:04:29.883 [I] device.c:4476: remove_dev: subsys=vc sysfs_path=/sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcs7 Nov 12 13:04:29 gentoo hald[1987]: 13:04:29.883 [W] device.c:4480: Error removing device Nov 12 13:04:29 gentoo kdm[2061]: X server for display :0 cannot be started, session disabled Nov 12 13:04:29 gentoo hald[1987]: 13:04:29.886 [I] osspec.c:241: SEQNUM=1098, ACTION=remove, SUBSYSTEM=vc, DEVPATH=/sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcsa7, DEVNAME=/dev/vcsa7, IFINDEX=0 Nov 12 13:04:29 gentoo hald[1987]: 13:04:29.886 [I] device.c:4476: remove_dev: subsys=vc sysfs_path=/sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcsa7 Nov 12 13:04:29 gentoo hald[1987]: 13:04:29.886 [W] device.c:4480: Error removing device
got it fixed by editing the /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file and raising up the value ServerTimeout from 15 (default) to 60. Found this solution in this thread http://forums.pcbsd.org/viewtopic.php?p=58892&sid=b43e984d5978f2ca36eb067a12851795#p58892
(In reply to comment #10) > got it fixed by editing the /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file and raising up the > value ServerTimeout from 15 (default) to 60. Found this solution in this thread > http://forums.pcbsd.org/viewtopic.php?p=58892&sid=b43e984d5978f2ca36eb067a12851795#p58892 > Thanks for finding out the problem. I've now added a note to pkg_postinst about this. I'll try to add a note in the kde4-guide as well. 15 Nov 2008; Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto <jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org> kdm-4.1.3.ebuild: Added a note on the ServerTimeout option in case kdm dies for X taking too long to startup.
I have the same issue, but raising ServerTimeout from 15 to 60 (or even 120) didn't solve the problem for me.
could you provide more information? such as your xorg log file, kdm log file, dmesg output
My apologies. It seems that I had not saved the file after my last edit. Changing ServerTimeout from 15 to 120 in /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc did indeed fix this issue for me. It doesn't work with ServerTimeout set to 60 for me though.
yeah, for some reason i had to raise the value to 70 in order for kdm to work. weird :/
i had to increase the value of ServerTimeout by 10 again -- now being 80. what's wrong?
Why is this bug marked as fixed/resolved? ServerTimeout 120 stopped working for me.. increased to 240 and all is well.
