KDM crashes on startup

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Jun 23 13:18:56 UTC 2010


On 06/04/2010 09:47 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> F13 fully updated.
>
> kdm-4.4.3-1.fc13.1.x86_64
> xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.8.0-12.fc13.x86_64
> xorg-x11-drivers-7.3-14.fc13.x86_64
>
> On rebooting after the last update, I get a console instead of the KDM
> login screen. This is what I see in /var/log/messages:
>
> Jun  3 00:35:09 bree kdm: :0[27754]: Fatal X server IO error: Interrupted system call
>
> I can run KDE via xstart so it's not the end of the world, but obviously
> I'd like to fix this. My video is Intel an 82Q963/Q965 on the mobo.
> Remember, in F13 Intel video only works with KMS.
>
> I don't see any KDM-related bugs in Fedora BZ, so I'll file it if
> necessary.

That seems to be a fatal X bug, unless we're seeing some 
tty/plymouth-related wierdness again.

-- Rex


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