Hello, I recently wanted to switch from startx - based to [gkx]dm-style logins. I use a XFree86-4.3.0 version I compiled from source earlier this year which I never had problems with. Now when I start [gkx]dm (with default-settings), I'm able to login and do stuff, but upon logout I can no longer use the other (console-) terminals (CTRL-ALT-Fxx). They simply show the Image that is displayed on vt7 (X). Furthermore, X no longer runs on vt7, but changes to vt8 (even though I specified vt7 in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers). (It seems to be the result of a race condition, for when I log in on vt8, then log out again -> X switches to vt7). However, until I log out from a xdm (I'll stick to xdm from now on) - managed session for the first time I am perfectly able to switch vts, just like I had started X from the console (startx) in the first place. Furthermore, as long as I don't log out, I can kill the X server (CTRL-ALT-Backspace) without problems, but when I log out the other vts are killed. Now I tried some Window-Managers (twm, metacity, enlightenment) but it's the same behaviour with any of them. A (related?) Problem: logging out and restarting xdm takes unusually long. Since I have a second (older) linux-system (XFree-4.2.0 compiled from source) on my harddisk, I tried chroot'ing into it and tested my setup, which worked perfectly. (Same xdm config-files mod comments.) I figured the problem might be the devices in /dev, but I tried mount --bind'ing the /dev from the faulty system into the chroot'ed one and the latter still worked perfectly, so it should neither be a permission problem with the device files. There seems to be a similar problem in a posting to this list (concerning an ATI-card on a Red Hat - System), however since my system works perfectly when started with startx (Voodoo3, DRI-enabled) I figure that it's not a faulty driver. Furthermore a recent Distribution (SuSE-Linux 8.2) which also uses XFree-4.3 as well as the Knoppix-3.2 Release both work perfectly. So I guess the fault lies with me and my configuration. The log files do not mention any error at all, even /var/log/xdm-errors does reveal nothing. So the problem boils down to this: when I log out of a xdm-managed session, X switches vts (7->8 and backwards) and all other vts are useless (although I can killall xdm; shutdown; etc. with no problems). Does anyone have an idea? Oh, I should mention that I recently added shadow passwords and pam, but I recompiled [gk]dm with pam enabled; and I never had problems logging in to X. Any help would be appreciated. Greetings Stefan Birkholz N.B.: Please excuse my previous (empty) posting. -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++ _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
