Problem with KDM not passing to Xorg/KDE after login

[Kim Attree]

Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
Strange as it seems, XDM works fine.....Although my users all prefer the
look/feel of KDM....Back to the drawing board.

Thanks

Kim Attree