Bug 4540 - kdm not started - back to console
Summary: kdm not started - back to console
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Colin Guthrie
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Reported: 2012-02-16 13:31 CET by Anne Nicolas
Modified: 2012-03-10 16:14 CET (History)
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Description Anne Nicolas 2012-02-16 13:31:55 CET 
Using Mageia 2 beta 1 iso (based on 15/02 repository) and installing default KDE desktop in Virtualbox

Rebooting put me in console without any X started.

Switching to gdm did the trick and everything was working fine.

/etc/systemd/system/default.target symlink goes to runlevel5.target
systemctl status prefdm.service =>http://pastebin.com/cdMvbm2j
Some logs (X, kdm, syslog): http://hupstream.com/~ennael/logs_beta1.tar.bz2

As colin asked me, I modified /etc/X11/prefdm to run "/bin/plymouth quit" unconditionally. This solved the issue.
Anne Nicolas 2012-02-16 13:34:08 CET

CC: (none) => balcaen.john, dmorganec
Assignee: bugsquad => mageia

Comment 1 John Balcaen 2012-02-16 13:56:29 CET 
@luc Menut
Could you check that our patch for kde-workspace are in sync or eventually if removing them does not simply fix this issue ? (i'm not able to reproduce/test currently due to missing cauldron's box )

CC: (none) => lmenut

Comment 2 Luc Menut 2012-02-16 22:41:01 CET 
(In reply to comment #1)
> @luc Menut
> Could you check that our patch for kde-workspace are in sync 

our kdebase-workspace-4.7.3.fedora-kdm-plymouth.patch is in sync with Fedora kdebase-workspace-4.4.92-kdm_plymouth081.patch

> or eventually if
> removing them does not simply fix this issue ? (i'm not able to reproduce/test
> currently due to missing cauldron's box )

I can't reproduce this bug for now.
The fix in prefdm (thanks dmorgan) is probably more robust than Fedora's patch.
btw, this Fedora's patch is still not accepted upstream.
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206089

I wonder if we shouldn't keep the fix in prefdm, and remove kdebase-workspace-4.7.3.fedora-kdm-plymouth.patch for mga2.
John, WDYT?
Comment 3 Anne Nicolas 2012-02-17 12:42:24 CET 
initscripts including workaround was added to pre release iso and fix the bug for now
Comment 4 Colin Guthrie 2012-03-07 15:58:24 CET 
Is this problem still showing up in current cauldron? I've done some fixups in various places and removed the initscripts work around a week or so ago.
Comment 5 Luc Menut 2012-03-10 15:38:00 CET 
(In reply to comment #4)
> Is this problem still showing up in current cauldron? I've done some fixups in
> various places and removed the initscripts work around a week or so ago.

It works fine here without the workaround in /etc/X11/prefdm.
Comment 6 Colin Guthrie 2012-03-10 16:14:12 CET 
OK, closing. Please reopen if it comes back.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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