Description of problem: X does not start on init 5 but does start with startx. Using Fedora 9 Pre-Release i386 (Fedora Release 8.93 (Rawhide) Kernel 2.6.25-0.234.rc9.git1.fc9.i686 on an i686) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): initscripts-8.70-1.i386 and event-compat-sysv-0.3.9-13.fc9.noarch.rpm How reproducible: every time system boots into run level 5 or I type init 5 at a root bash prompt. Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot system as normal, and see messages in /var/log/messages. Actual results: error message in /var/log/messages: Apr 21 10:08:09 localhost init: prefdm main process (2819) terminated with status 1 Apr 21 10:08:09 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning Apr 21 10:08:10 localhost init: prefdm main process (2855) terminated with status 1 Apr 21 10:08:10 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning Apr 21 10:08:10 localhost init: prefdm main process (2891) terminated with status 1 Apr 21 10:08:10 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning Apr 21 10:08:11 localhost init: prefdm main process (2927) terminated with status 1 Apr 21 10:08:11 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning Apr 21 10:08:11 localhost init: prefdm main process (2963) terminated with status 1 Apr 21 10:08:11 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning Apr 21 10:08:12 localhost init: prefdm main process (2999) terminated with status 1 Apr 21 10:08:12 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning Apr 21 10:08:12 localhost init: prefdm main process (3035) terminated with status 1 Apr 21 10:08:12 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning Apr 21 10:08:12 localhost init: prefdm main process (3071) terminated with status 1 Apr 21 10:08:12 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning Apr 21 10:08:13 localhost init: prefdm main process (3107) terminated with status 1 Apr 21 10:08:13 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning Apr 21 10:08:13 localhost init: prefdm main process (3143) terminated with status 1 Apr 21 10:08:13 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning Apr 21 10:08:13 localhost init: prefdm respawning too fast, stopped Expected results: X to start normally and present me with graphical log in screen for KDE because I used switchdesk kde previously. Additional info: attaching /var/log/Xorg.0.log because its 25K in size. also in /etc/inittab I have: x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
Created attachment 303156 [details] /var/log/xorg.0.log
Can you attach the gdm messages and logs as well?
(In reply to comment #2) > Can you attach the gdm messages and logs as well? /var/log/gdm/:0.log is dated 2008-04-09 and system date is Mon Apr 21 11:14:14 CDT 2008, so no point in attaching that file as it hasn't been modified in 12 days, and I just ran init 5. grep gdm /var/log/* doesn't contain anything useful, just info from from yum.log and rpmpkgs-200804* about when gdm was upgraded. gdm is version 2.21.10-0.2008.04.11.3.fc9.i386 according to rpm -qa|grep gdm
Is there a greeter log in /var/log/gdm? Are you actually configured to use gdm?
(In reply to comment #4) > Is there a greeter log in /var/log/gdm? Are you actually configured to use gdm? there is not a greeter log in /var/log/gdm. i'm specifying run level 5 in /etc/inittab which should load gdm. [root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa|grep gdm fedorainfinity-gdm-theme-8.0.1-1.fc8.noarch gdm-2.21.10-0.2008.04.11.3.fc9.i386 [root@localhost ~]# ls -l /var/log/gdm total 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 915 2008-04-09 18:25 :0.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 915 2008-04-09 12:45 :0.log.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 915 2008-04-07 10:35 :0.log.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 915 2008-04-06 22:59 :0.log.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 915 2008-04-05 13:40 :0.log.4 [root@localhost ~]# locate greeter /etc/gconf/schemas/gdm-simple-greeter.schemas /usr/include/kde/kgreeterplugin.h /usr/libexec/gdm-simple-greeter /usr/share/gdm/gdm-greeter-login-window.glade /usr/share/kde4/apps/doc/kdm/greeter.dtd
What happens if you run prefdm by hand? Can you attach /etc/sysconfig/desktop?
odd, /etc/sysconfig/desktop did not exist, so I created it with contents DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE and DESKTOP=KDE and ran init 5 and it loads up with the GUI login screen. Thanks