I upgraded to kdm_2.0.1-2 from ftp.de.kde.org. The new kdm package seems to have problems to start the local X server. I'm using xserver-svga 3.3.6 for compatibility problems in a i386 dual processor machine. This is /var/log/xdm-errors:
---- XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: disabled (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/psaux, buttons: 3 (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Video" (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Monitor" (--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted. (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" (--) SVGA: PCI: S3 ViRGE/GX2 rev 4, Memory @ 0xdc000000 (--) SVGA: S3V: ViRGE/GX2 rev 4, Linear FB @ 0xdc000000 (--) SVGA: Detected S3 ViRGE/GX2 (--) SVGA: using driver for chipset "s3_virge" (--) SVGA: videoram: 4096k (--) SVGA: Ramdac speed: 170 MHz (--) SVGA: Detected current MCLK value of 90.000 MHz (--) SVGA: chipset: s3_virge (--) SVGA: videoram: 4096k (**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 565 (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 170.000 MHz (**) SVGA: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 85.000 (**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 69.650 (**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 45.800 (**) SVGA: Mode "640x400": mode clock = 36.000 (**) SVGA: Mode "400x300": mode clock = 25.000 (**) SVGA: Mode "320x240": mode clock = 15.750 (**) SVGA: Mode "320x200": mode clock = 12.588 (--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768 (--) SVGA: s3_virge: Using hardware cursor (--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture) (--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles (--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy (--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 pattern fill (--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill (--) SVGA: XAA: CPU to screen color expansion (bitmap, TE/NonTE imagetext, TE/NonTE polytext) (--) SVGA: XAA: Using 8 128x128 areas for pixmap caching (--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and non-transparent stipples (--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy xaw-wrappers: unable to determine libc version of /usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole.real. X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy ---- Problems seems to come from the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy which is in the correct place (/etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy) but pertains to xserver-common (version 4). Compatibility problems between xfree versions? Remote xdm queries work well anyway, so this is not a main issue because I'm the only one that logs in console and I'm using startx right now. Upgrading to kdm-2.0.1-3 did not solve the problem, either. -- BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 FN:Salvador V. Petit Martí N:Petit Martí;Salvador;Vicente;; ORG:Universidad Politécnica de Valencia;DISCA ADR;TYPE=intl,post,parcel,work:;;Camino de Vera s/n;Valencia;;46022;España TEL;TYPE=work,voice:+34-96-3877007-5737 TEL;TYPE=work,fax:+34-96-3877579 EMAIL;TYPE=internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:2000-04-11 END:VCARD
