[Splashy-devel] Bug#465729: KDM doesn'd display login screen when splashy is enabled

Michal Sojka sojkam1 at fel.cvut.cz
Thu Feb 14 11:15:36 UTC 2008 

Package: splashy
Version: 0.3.8-1
Severity: important

After booting with splashy enabled, kdm do not show its login
screen. I have a nvidia card with proprietary drivers. kdm process is
running but not kdm_greet. No keyboard shortcuts (Alt-Fx, Esc, F2) are
working. If I log in from another machine using SSH and execute
/etc/init.d/kdm restart, the login screen appears.

Here are some logs from my system:

/var/log/kdm.log after boot:

	********************************************************************************
	Note that your system uses syslog. All of kdm's internally generated messages
	(i.e., not from libraries and external programs/scripts it uses) go to the
	daemon.* syslog facility; check your syslog configuration to find out to which
	file(s) it is logged. PAM logs messages related to authentication to authpriv.*.
	********************************************************************************
	
	
	This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
	It is not supported in any way.
	Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
	Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
	Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
	latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
	See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.
	
	X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90
	Release Date: 5 September 2007
	X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
	Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1)
	Current Operating System: Linux resox 2.6.24-1-686 #1 SMP Wed Feb 6 15:20:27 UTC 2008 i686
	Build Date: 01 February 2008  03:49:13AM
	
		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: Thu Feb 14 11:41:38 2008
	(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

After some time or if "/etc/init.d/kdm stop" is executed, the following lines apears in kdm log:

	Fatal server error:
	xf86OpenConsole: VT_WAITACTIVE failed: Interrupted system call

and in case of timeout this appears in syslog:

	Feb 14 11:24:21 resox kdm: :0[4171]: Hung in XOpenDisplay(:0), aborting
	Feb 14 11:24:21 resox kdm: :0[4171]: Cannot connect to :0, giving up
	Feb 14 11:24:21 resox kdm[4160]: Display :0 cannot be opened

When kdm is started manualy by "/etc/init.d/kdm start" the kdm log looks like:

	********************************************************************************
	Note that your system uses syslog. All of kdm's internally generated messages
	(i.e., not from libraries and external programs/scripts it uses) go to the
	daemon.* syslog facility; check your syslog configuration to find out to which
	file(s) it is logged. PAM logs messages related to authentication to authpriv.*.
	********************************************************************************
	
	
	This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
	It is not supported in any way.
	Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
	Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
	Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
	latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
	See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.
	
	X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90
	Release Date: 5 September 2007
	X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
	Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1)
	Current Operating System: Linux resox 2.6.24-1-686 #1 SMP Wed Feb 6 15:20:27 UTC 2008 i686
	Build Date: 01 February 2008  03:49:13AM
	
		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: Thu Feb 14 11:37:33 2008
	(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
	(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
	(EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
	(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
	expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 70 of pc
	expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessDown: line 71 of pc
	expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessUp: line 72 of pc
	expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 70 of pc
	expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessDown: line 71 of pc
	expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessUp: line 72 of pc
	Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list!


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages splashy depends on:
ii  initramfs-tools        0.91d             tools for generating an initramfs
ii  libc6                  2.7-6             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdirectfb-1.0-0      1.0.1-6           direct frame buffer graphics - sha
ii  libgcc1                1:4.3-20080202-1  GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.14.5-2          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libmagic1              4.23-1            File type determination library us
ii  libsplashy1            0.3.8-1           Library to draw splash screen on b
ii  lsb-base               3.1-24            Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-11 compression library - runtime

splashy recommends no packages.

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