From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 17 12:32:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABCF216A400; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:32:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kim.attree@za.verizonbusiness.com) Received: from mx01.uunet.co.za (mx01.uunet.co.za [196.7.142.153]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EA4913C441; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:32:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kim.attree@za.verizonbusiness.com) Received: from [196.30.158.7] (helo=pixproxy.so.jnb6.za.uu.net) by mx01.uunet.co.za with esmtp (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1IAmEY-0006LV-FG; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:32:54 +0200 Received: from [196.22.64.216] (chickenboo.ops.uunet.co.za [196.22.64.216]) by pixproxy.so.jnb6.za.uu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DA94102C1C; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:32:54 +0200 (SAST) Message-ID: <469CB7CE.6020308@za.verizonbusiness.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:36:30 +0200 From: Kim Attree Organization: Verizon Business User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060317) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Nottebrock References: <200707162309.25975.lofi@freebsd.org> <469C6D7C.20704@za.verizonbusiness.com> <200707170942.41523.lofi@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200707170942.41523.lofi@freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with KDM not passing to Xorg/KDE after login X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: kim.attree@za.verizonbusiness.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:32:56 -0000 Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Tuesday, 17. July 2007, Kim Attree wrote: > >> Michael Nottebrock wrote: >> >>> On Monday, 16. July 2007, Kim Attree wrote: >>> >>>>> Mike, >>>>> >>>>> I had an 'exec bash' in my $HOME/.profile and removing this allowed me >>>>> to run ./Xsession default and push me into KDE !!!!! >>>>> >>>> KDM though - still refuses to pass to KDE.... >>>> >>> I'm reluctant to give up on the shell angle already - can you try setting >>> your user's shell to /bin/csh or /bin/sh just for kicks and check if KDM >>> still doesn't work? >>> >> Mike, >> >> I set the user shell to /bin/sh in passwd using vipw, ran clone_root to >> propogate the change to the diskless root, rebooted the client and that >> did'nt work. >> >> It's really strange - I'm starting to think maybe its a PAM thing, since >> after I put in the user/pass in KDM, it sits for about 45-60 seconds >> before going back to the KDM login screen again. >> >> Any Thoughts ? >> > > Right now, I have run out of ideas - I have never run a diskless configuration > myself and cannot easily make one here either, so I am probably missing a > good deal of possible failure modes here. You could try using some other > display manager for logging in instead, like xdm or gdm. > > Strange as it seems, XDM works fine.....Although my users all prefer the look/feel of KDM....Back to the drawing board. Thanks Kim Attree