Originally posted on the Scientific Linux forum: http://scientificlinuxforum.org/index.php?act=ST&f=11&t=2281
With this last update to 6.4, and perhaps an update before, the KDM login panel does not appear after boot. I see the background but nothing else. Going to init level 3 and then back to init level 5 shows me the login panel. Also hitting ctrl-alt-delete and then escape to dismiss the shutdown menu shows the login panel as well. Going to init level 3 and then startx puts me into an X session without login at all. /var/log/messages says: kdm: Abnormal termination of greeter for display :0, code 1 signal 0 kdm: Fatal X Server IO error: Interrupted system call I have console access no problem and the rest of the system seems healthy. fsck on the root partition came back with no problems. I should say that I am running an ATI RV100 QY/Radeon 7000/VE card so no nVidia issues here. Now that I have the work-around, this isn't so dire anymore, but still irksome. Anybody have any ideas how to fix this? TIA.
