On 9/6/05, Brian Kimball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jean de Largentaye wrote: > > > After making the jump and upgrading to KDE 3.4.2, I cannot login > > through KDM anymore. > > The kdm login screen disappears, then I wait a few seconds for the > > kde splash to appear, then X resets, and back to the login screen. > > This happens whichever session I choose (of KDE, Larswm, or > > failsafe). > > > > Starting a session through startx from a console works, however, and > > brings me to KDE (btw: oooh shiny! ahem). > > I had the same problem, and traced it to the following in > my .bash_profile (which is now sourced by /etc/kde3/kdm/Xsession): > > if [ -z "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ]; then > exec ssh-agent bash --login > fi > > This was turning my X session into a vanilla bash login shell which was > exiting immediately (I'm guessing because there was no stdin or > something, but this is where my knowledge fails me). > > So check your shell's login scripts.
Yup, that was it! I just commented out all my bastard login scripts and it works now! I din't have anything as evident as an 'exec' however. maybe the 'eval dircolors'? Anyhow, the problem is identified. Thanks a lot! > Perhaps a NEWS.Debian is needed? Or am I the only one doesn't know how > to use his .bash_profile? :-) I agree :) Without your pointer, I never would have found the problem for my user. (And you're not the only one...-_- ) John
