Problem with KDM not passing to Xorg/KDE after login

[Michael Nottebrock]

On Tuesday, 17. July 2007, Kim Attree wrote:
> Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> > On Monday, 16. July 2007, Kim Attree wrote:
> >>> Mike,
> >>>
> >>> I had an 'exec bash' in my $HOME/.profile and removing this allowed me
> >>> to run ./Xsession default and push me into KDE !!!!!
> >>
> >> KDM though - still refuses to pass to KDE....
> >
> > I'm reluctant to give up on the shell angle already - can you try setting
> > your user's shell to /bin/csh or /bin/sh just for kicks and check if KDM
> > still doesn't work?
>
> Mike,
>
> I set the user shell to /bin/sh in passwd using vipw, ran clone_root to
> propogate the change to the diskless root, rebooted the client and that
> did'nt work.
>
> It's really strange - I'm starting to think maybe its a PAM thing, since
> after I put in the user/pass in KDM, it sits for about 45-60 seconds
> before going back to the KDM login screen again.
>
> Any Thoughts ?

Right now, I have run out of ideas - I have never run a diskless configuration 
myself and cannot easily make one here either, so I am probably missing a 
good deal of possible failure modes here. You could try using some other 
display manager for logging in instead, like xdm or gdm.

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