Bug 173776 - kdm calls /usr/X11R6/bin/X to start X
Summary: kdm calls /usr/X11R6/bin/X to start X
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kdebase
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Than Ngo
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-11-20 23:01 UTC by Sammy
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2006-02-14 14:38:57 UTC
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Description Sammy 2005-11-20 23:01:13 UTC
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Description of problem:
kdm calls /usr/X11R6/bin/X to start the X server which no longer exists and it 
should be /usr/bin/X instead. You may be able to fix this but I found it to be 
difficult since configure seems to use imake and imake still refers to old paths. 
I filed this with Mike Harris too but the general idea is not to use imake any more 
since X itself does not use it. Perhaps you can path something in the configure 
script to change it instead. I  changed bunch of things in *.cf *.tmpl files for imake 
and got it to finally pick the right path. Otherwise system hangs for people trying 
to reboot with kdm. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kdebase-0.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Do "strings /usr/bin/kdm | grep R6" 
2. or restart kdm after installing modular X 
3. 
   

Additional info:

Comment 1 Mogens Kjaer 2005-11-25 12:39:04 UTC
This is also the case in FC5test1.

mkdir /usr/X11R6/bin
ln -s /usr/bin/X /usr/X11R6/bin/X

is a quick-and-dirty workaround.

I need kdm as a workaround for bug 113153...

Comment 2 Ville Skyttä 2006-01-10 22:00:42 UTC
The proper fix AFAIK is to bring kdmrc up to date, see bug 166388.

Comment 3 Than Ngo 2006-02-14 14:38:57 UTC
this problem has been fixed in the rawhide. Thanks for your report 


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