> > but entering the user name works? > > No. I do get the user name into the name field by clicking on a > user-id icon. > ah. then it's probably the usual "vt7 is missing at the end of the Xserver line" problem, which causes a race between the server and a getty. the fact, that it works when started from command line supports this.
> Yes they are installed and testing from a xterm prompt, they > (afterstep, pawm, fvwm, wmaker) all tell me nicely and correctly > that another windowmanager (kde) is running. > strange. it's probably something with the Xsession script ... maybe, add -x to the first line (#! /bin/sh -x) to get an execution log in kdm.log / ~/.xsession-errors . > Some additional info: > 1) I have modified /etc/kde2/kdm/Xsession to include > xscreensaver-command -exit > xscreensaver -no-splash -silent & > to enable xscreensaver when the KDM login screen is displayed. > The kdm frozen keyboard and chooser problem do NOT go away > when I remove the xscreensaver commands from Xsession. > Xsession is the wrong file ... you mean Xsetup, right? > 2) When kdm failed on me (recently) I used startx and kdm started > - the kdm keyboard was NOT frozen. > you mean, both startx and kdm worked (independently from each other), right? greetings -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool.
