Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:02:17 +0200 From: Kim Attree <kim.attree@za.verizonbusiness.com> To: ait <ait.meijin@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with KDM not passing to Xorg/KDE after login Message-ID: <468CB399.6060600@za.verizonbusiness.com> In-Reply-To: <7011c4710707050156m54a62123kd32aa931fc9201d6@mail.gmail.com> References: <468CA6BE.1000300@za.verizonbusiness.com> <7011c4710707050156m54a62123kd32aa931fc9201d6@mail.gmail.com>
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Ait, I use a normal user to login into KDM, it's just run as root, well because you can't run KDM as a normal user....I've disabled the ability to login as root on KDM as well.... Thanks Kim ait wrote: > I'm not an expert but it seems to me that KDM system won't let you > login as root ;) It's a security measure. Have you tried to login as > ordinary user? > > > > 2007/7/5, Kim Attree <kim.attree@za.verizonbusiness.com > <mailto:kim.attree@za.verizonbusiness.com>>: > > Hey Guys, hoping you can help. > > I Have a FREEBSD 6.2-STABLE recently supped and compiled, which is a > diskless environment. The workstation I'm testing on is working fine, > Xorg 7.2 is running perfectly as is KDE (I start it up with startx > from > a user login). > > However, when I run KDM as root, and try to login as the same > user, KDM > sits for about a minute, and then just returns to the KDM login > screen. > I've gotten rid of the critical error messages I've found in > kdm-bin.log, and Xorg.log.0, but still KDM will not pass to KDE/X. > > Here are the excerpts from the logs (These log entries are only during > the login procedure, from when I press enter with a correct user/pass > until it returns to KDM). > > <Xorg.log.0 snip> > (II) I810(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel > (II) I810(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0xc43e7000 at > 0x28584000 > (WW) I810(0): Successfully set original devices > (WW) I810(0): Setting the original video mode instead of restoring > the saved state > (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f05 failed. > (II) I810(0): BIOS call 0x5f05 not supported, setting refresh with > VBE 3 > method. > (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 18 > (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 10 > (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 11 > (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 13 > (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 12 > (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 14 > (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 15 > (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 16 > (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 17 > (WW) I810(0): Successfully set original devices (2) > FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, > should > be 1; fixing. > <snip> > > <kdm-bin.log snip> > X Window System Version 7.2.0 > Release Date: 22 January 2007 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2 > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386 > Current Operating System: FreeBSD csc01.csc.jnb6.za.uu.net > <http://csc01.csc.jnb6.za.uu.net>; 6.2-STABLE > FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #8: Tue Apr 3 14:39:35 SAST 2007 > root@diskless02 > .csc.jnb6.za.uu.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > Build Date: 11 June 2007 > 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 Jul 4 15:14:21 2007 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" > /usr/local/share/config/kdm/Xservers: No such file or directory > FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, > should > be 1; fixing. > <snip> > > And the directory/FS Structure: > > / = NFS Mount to /diskless_root > /usr = NFS Mount to /usr > /home = NFS Read/Write mount to /home > /var = Memory filesystem populated at boot > /etc = Memory filesystem populated at boot > /tmp = NFS Read/Write mount to /netswap > > Thanks in advance, > > Kim Attree > UNIX Sysadmin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> > mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > >
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