Ait,
I use a normal user to login into KDM, it's just run as root, well
because you can't run KDM as a normal user....I've disabled the ability
to login as root on KDM as well....
Thanks
Kim
ait wrote:> I'm not an expert but it seems to me that KDM system won't let you
> login as root ;) It's a security measure. Have you tried to login as
> ordinary user?
>
>
>
> 2007/7/5, Kim Attree <kim.attree@za.verizonbusiness.com
> <mailto:kim.attree@za.verizonbusiness.com>>:
>
> Hey Guys, hoping you can help.
>
> I Have a FREEBSD 6.2-STABLE recently supped and compiled, which is a
> diskless environment. The workstation I'm testing on is working
fine,
> Xorg 7.2 is running perfectly as is KDE (I start it up with startx
> from
> a user login).
>
> However, when I run KDM as root, and try to login as the same
> user, KDM
> sits for about a minute, and then just returns to the KDM login
> screen.
> I've gotten rid of the critical error messages I've found in
> kdm-bin.log, and Xorg.log.0, but still KDM will not pass to KDE/X.
>
> Here are the excerpts from the logs (These log entries are only during
> the login procedure, from when I press enter with a correct user/pass
> until it returns to KDM).
>
> <Xorg.log.0 snip>
> (II) I810(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel
> (II) I810(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0xc43e7000 at
> 0x28584000
> (WW) I810(0): Successfully set original devices
> (WW) I810(0): Setting the original video mode instead of restoring
> the saved state
> (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f05 failed.
> (II) I810(0): BIOS call 0x5f05 not supported, setting refresh with
> VBE 3
> method.
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 18
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 10
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 11
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 13
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 12
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 14
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 15
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 16
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 17
> (WW) I810(0): Successfully set original devices (2)
> FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount
is 2,
> should
> be 1; fixing.
> <snip>
>
> <kdm-bin.log snip>
> X Window System Version 7.2.0
> Release Date: 22 January 2007
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386
> Current Operating System: FreeBSD csc01.csc.jnb6.za.uu.net
> <http://csc01.csc.jnb6.za.uu.net> 6.2-STABLE
> FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #8: Tue Apr 3 14:39:35 SAST 2007
> root@diskless02
> .csc.jnb6.za.uu.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
> Build Date: 11 June 2007
> Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
> to make sure that you have the latest version.
> Module Loader present
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jul 4
15:14:21 2007
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> /usr/local/share/config/kdm/Xservers: No such file or directory
> FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount
is 2,
> should
> be 1; fixing.
> <snip>
>
> And the directory/FS Structure:
>
> / = NFS Mount to /diskless_root
> /usr = NFS Mount to /usr
> /home = NFS Read/Write mount to /home
> /var = Memory filesystem populated at boot
> /etc = Memory filesystem populated at boot
> /tmp = NFS Read/Write mount to /netswap
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kim Attree
> UNIX Sysadmin
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