[wplug] X respawning too fast?

[Vanco, Don]

Have you tried running "redhat-config-xfree86 --reconfig"??

I dunno if this will fix things with the login daemon or not.

>and with just kdm I was able to logon using KDE..  Not the 
>usual graphical logon screen though..
	This is confusing the crap out of me - kdm _is_ the graphical
login screen.  What happens when you type "kdm"?  What happens when you
run "xdm" or "gdm"?  Red hat does not have a "usual login screen" -
there is a script in /etc/X11 called "prefdm" (or something like that)
that looks at what your default desktop is and launches one of the 3
daemons based on that preference......

>-bash: /usr/bin/which: Input/output error
	...well, that's pretty bad....  Has this machine been "seriously
f-ed with" by anyone?

	...sorry, perhaps I am missing part of this thread....

Don

>-----Original Message-----
>From: wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org 
>[mailto:wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org] On 
>Behalf Of techmike
>Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 3:54 PM
>To: General user list
>Subject: RE: [wplug] X respawning too fast?
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>Well here is the output of startkde:
>
>xsetroot:  unable to open display ''
>xrdb: Can't open display ''
>xset:  unable to open display ""
>xset:  unable to open display ""
>xset:  unable to open display ""
>startkde: Starting up...
>INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>ksplash: cannot connect to X server
>kdeinit: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set.
>Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
>ksmserver: cannot connect to X server
>startkde: Shutting down...
>Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
>Error: Can't contact kdeinit!
>startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
>startkde: Done.
>
>
>and then...  
>
>[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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