Bug 657603

Summary: kdm: Starting Display Manager failed.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Tom <thomasbelvin>
Component: kdebase-workspaceAssignee: Than Ngo <than>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: extras-orphan, fedora, jreznik, kevin, ltinkl, rdieter, rnovacek, ry, smparrish, than, thomasj
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Description Tom 2010-11-26 19:19:25 UTC 
Description of problem:
Boot fails at kdm:
"Starting Display Manager ..."
"Starting Display Manager failed."
From /var/log/messages
Nov 26 13:43:09 tom-2000 kdm[1317]: process-id file /var/run/kdm/kdm.pid cannot be opened
Nov 26 13:43:09 tom-2000 kdm[1317]: Cannot create/lock pid file /var/run/kdm/kdm.pid

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kdm-4.5.80-6.fc15.i686

How reproducible:
Everytime

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Try to boot with kdm into kde
2.Boot fails
3.Boot works with gdm into kde
  
Actual results:
Boot fails with kdm into kde

Expected results:
Boot

Additional info:
Comment 1 Kevin Kofler 2010-11-26 21:31:19 UTC 
Looks like this chokes on the "/var/run on tmpfs" Rawhide "feature". :-(
Comment 2 Kevin Kofler 2010-11-27 22:39:50 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 657785 ***