Hi,
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Martijn van den Burg wrote:
> I am using the graphical login of KDM to login in my SuSE 5.3 system
> (kernel 2.0.35) but _sometimes_ KDM does not 'catch on' after booting,
> and keeps respawning.
>
> What actually happens is:
> - all the ususal boot messages flash by
> - 'Starting KDM...'
> - screen goes black after one very short flash of something while KDM tries to
> connect to the X-server (I presume) and fails
> - KDM respawns and etcetera.
>
> The only way to stop this is the three-finger salute, switch off
> the pc and restart after a while.
>
> What causes this intermittent problem and how can I solve it?
There seem to be timing problems when starting the X Server. There is a
solution: remove the option "-quiet" in /usr/X11/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers.
Good luck!
Bye,
LenZ
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