[wplug] X respawning too fast?

[Poyner, Brandon]

I'd still be looking at why 'which' is failing with an i/o error.  All
it should be doing is walking your $PATH in order looking in each
directory for the specified file.  The only thing that comes to mind is
either your 'which' has become corrupted or one of the directories in
unreadable.  Let's say you made /usr/X11R6/bin its own mount point and
put it on removable media, mount it and then eject the media.  I bet
'which' would fail when trying to read that directory with an i/o error.
You could also try reinstalling the which rpm.

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


-----Original Message-----
From: techmike [mailto:mikeslists at access995.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 9:50 AM
To: General user list
Subject: RE: [wplug] X respawning too fast?


Nope, don't think your missing much..  Already reconfigged with no
luck..

I can login using KDM and GDM, but XDM just returns back to the command
prompt..

Think I'm just going to completely reinstall this bad boy..  Trying to
make a learning experience of fixin it..

-mike

-----Original Message-----
From: "Vanco, Don" <don.vanco at agilysys.com>
To: "General user list" <wplug at wplug.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 09:18:41 -0400
Subject: RE: [wplug] X respawning too fast?

> 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?
> >
> >
> >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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