ksmserver problem in f12 snap1

[Martin Kho]

On Friday 04 September 2009 22:38:22 Petrus de Calguarium wrote:
> I am trying to install f12-snap 1 and I get a message stating
> "could not start ksmserver" and then the CD just hangs, so I am
> unable to get logged in to run the install program. Also, when I
> click "ok", I am returned to kdm and the username is liveuser,
> but the password field is blank and there is no indication of
> what the password is (leaving blank, using liveuser don't work).
> 
> How can I install this?
> 
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You hit a site effect of the 'prelink' bug [1]. The KDE Live CD 'misses' - as a 
workaround - the prelink package because it causes a segmentation fault in 
kdeinit4. Without prelinking klaucher crashes. Again as a workaround you can:
1. boot into text mode (hit at the start screen ESC and add 3 to the kernel 
parameter list)
2. log in as root
3. Install prelink
4. run prelink -f /usr/bin/kdeinit4
5. log in as liveuser (hope it will not ask for a password :-))
6. start X

... and you're in

Hope this works.

Martin Kho

N.B. a 'workaround' will be coming so that the prelink package can be brought 
back in. But the real solution is in the hands of the glibc/prelink guys.


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515539