[wplug] X respawning too fast?

[Poyner, Brandon]

That's what's causing your problem.  'which kdm' shouldn't return an i/o
error.  The /etc/X11/prefdm script runs a 'which kdm' to confirm that
you really have kdm installed.  If 'which kdm' doesn't return a valid
result it will exit without doing anything.  

Now as for why 'which' is broken... Good question.  I assume it's broken
with every option you give it?  You might want to check your path with a
'echo $PATH' to look for anything odd.  Then 'strace which kdm' to see
where it breaks.

Brandon Poyner
Network Engineer II
CCAC - College Office
412-237-3086


-----Original Message-----
From: techmike [mailto:mikeslists at access995.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 3:54 PM
To: General user list
Subject: RE: [wplug] X respawning too fast?


..snip..

[root at SS5 root]# which kdm
-bash: /usr/bin/which: Input/output error

and with just kdm I was able to logon using KDE..  Not the usual
graphical
logon screen though..

-mike




-----Original Message-----
From: "Poyner, Brandon" <bpoyner at ccac.edu>
To: "General user list" <wplug at wplug.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:23:22 -0400
Subject: RE: [wplug] X respawning too fast?

> What init is trying to do is start a display manager, which in turns
> starts X.  The display manager is what provides you with a login
screen
> and allows clients to connect to the X server, where as just doing a
> 'startx' will simply run X as the current user.  What happens if you
> type 'which kdm' and also a 'kdm'?
> 
> Brandon Poyner
> Network Engineer II
> CCAC - College Office
> 412-237-3086
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techmike [mailto:mikeslists at access995.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 3:11 PM
> To: General user list
> Subject: RE: [wplug] X respawning too fast?
> 
> 
> Hrm, RH9 here..
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/desktop contains
> DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
> 
> At the risk of sounding dumb, what is the correct command to launch
> KDE?
> 
> If it is /usr/bin/share/kdeinit as I guessed then it too does nothing
> when
> run.
> 
> -Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Poyner, Brandon" <bpoyner at ccac.edu>
> To: "General user list" <wplug at wplug.org>
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:51:12 -0400
> Subject: RE: [wplug] X respawning too fast?
> 
> > What distribution are you using?  If it's Redhat/Fedora you should
> have
> > a file /etc/sysconfig/desktop that defines your preferred display
> > manager (gnome, kde, or xdm).  If that file is missing or doesn't
> have
> > a
> > correct DISPLAYMANAGER defined then /etc/X11/prefdm will exit
without
> > doing anything.  You could also try running gdm, kde, or xdm direct
> > from
> > the command line.  That's all that prefdm really does anyway, find
> your
> > preferred manager and start it.
> > 
> > Brandon Poyner
> > Network Engineer II
> > CCAC - College Office
> > 412-237-3086
> 
> 
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