On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 17:30 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > On tty1 I enter a > /etc/init.d/kdm start > > After getting the KDM/KDElogin screen I type in my password for an > underpriviledged user, try to login with that, the login screen > disappears, the display is getting black, and I'm thrown back at the > same login screen again. > > And yes, auth.log says that the login was OK, something like: > > .. session opened for user [ .. ] > .. session closed for user [ .. ] > > > The culprit must be in one of the packages next below, that I upgraded > today. And IIRC this issue happened *only* after that upgrade:
[...] > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 920 May 4 15:23 x11-common.list [...] > ii xserver-xorg 7.0.16 x11-common 1:7.0.16 has a bug (that's been reported about a dozen times, so don't bother ;) that removes /etc/X11/Xsession. Try sudo dpkg -i --force-confmiss /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.0.16_powerpc.deb -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
