3.2 KDM failure

[Daeron]

Harry Wert wrote:
> daeron wrote:
>>  Has anybody else been having problems with KDM since 3.2?
>> On one of our machines (which happens to use nvidia video
>> chip), KDM would run, but after attempting to log-in, it
>> would stop at either '42%' while the globe icon was flashing;
>> or '22' or '24' while the spanner icon was flashing; and
>> after about a minute it would silently die leaving just the
>> background image.
>>  - the kdm/greeter would start again if I Alt-Ctl-BkSp killed
>> the X server & it would then wait for next login attempt.
>> 
>>  This has been on a FreeBSD 5-Current system built 10/Feb;
>>  I have then waited till 19/Feb & rebuilt universe, deleted KDE
>> installation, and re-installed 3.2 from pre-built
>> packages/20040210183. Now kdm doesn't come up but dies with
>> kernel message that kdm_greet exited on signal 11.
> 
> Yes, I have the same problem since upgrading to KDE3.2 on my
> SuSE8.2 system. I always happens the FIRST time I boot a cold
> system. It will start or restart correctly until the next cold
> boot. I gave up trying to fix it and
> decided to wait until the next update.  By the way my KDE3.2
> is from the SuSE download site NOT a compilation which I did.
> I also have a nvidea video chip FWTW.
> 
> Harry
> 
 Yep, on the FreeBSD side I've used both the pre-compiled packages & a locally 
compiled version, joy from neither.
 I also tried to enter a bug report but the bug system never got back to me so 
I don't know if anyone has yet looked into this possible KDM/nvidia 
incompatibility issue.
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