On 11/04/13 10:26, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 11/04/13 04:11, Charles Patterson wrote:
>> 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.
>
> About two weeks ago my LVM tools disappeared somehow and I lost access
> to lv_home;  after reinstalling the tools, and apparent initial success,
> I could only reboot into Gnome.  I enabled the kde-unstable repo to try
> the new build from there, but still could get only Gnome or the login
> screen.  Xorg.0.log showed many AUDIT messages and clients being
> connected and rapidly disconnected.  I found an earlier reference
> quoting a similar log extract and claiming a cure by adding a section
> "Files"  defining the RgbPath to Xorg.conf, but that was later
> retracted.  I don't have an Xorg.conf.  I'm now on 6.4
>
> Eventually I found that disabling the sshd service permitted normal
> login to kde.  That's not a universal solution, but it lets me do most
> of what I want.
>

I just re-examined my Xorg.0.log and there are still the AUDIT messages 
and clients connecting and disappearing, until at last four stick; but 
with sshd disabled I _can_ log in to kde, and with it active I can't.

John P