KDM won't restart after logout

[narc]

I'm using FF with the latest updates, no kdm-themes added.

A recent thread to this forum (http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3083318.0) and a thread to the debian-user list (http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/.../msg01694.html) point a similar problem I'm facing with no useful solution in sight.

When I logout from KDE (that's "logging out", not a restart, reboot, lock screen, etc.), even with a ctrl-alt-backspace, KDM doesn't seem to restart. I'm left with a blank screen, the kind where you go to an empty vt7 session when X tries to start. My only solution is to switch to vt1, login as root and restart kdm with /etc/init.d/kdm restart (sudoing to it from my user account should work too). Everything is fine afterwards.

I have no idea how to deal with this, other than asking for a well known solution or as to which process has the task of restarting kdm after a KDE logout and maybe find my own solution.

Cheers.

[Rog131]

Re: KDM won't restart after logout

You could check logs:

Xorg.0.log is log file for X Windowing Server. It is in /var/log/.

In text mode:

:~$ nano /var/log/Xorg.0.log

"nano is a small, free and friendly editor".

Markers in the Xorg.0.log

Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.

Just looking errors:

:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(EE)"

Just looking warnings:

:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(WW)"

More log files:
LinuxLogFiles
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxLogFiles

[jgt157]

Re: KDM won't restart after logout

I have this same issue on a machine I upgraded to kde4. Anyone know how to fix this?

Jim