On Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:19, mararm <mararm@...> wrote:
On 05.09.2014 16:06, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 09/05/2014 09:14 AM, mararm wrote:
kdm.log shows
Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again.
but this seems to be an older message. The now existing /tmp/.X0-lock is dated today, 11:10, which is roughly the time I tried to restart kdm.
*sigh*
Then remove it and try again.
The 'try again' part is what bothers me. kdm won't stop. And rebooting is no option for the moment (this is @work).
To give a little light into the display-manager workings: Start: the DM (here kdm) starts, pulls up and starts X11, waits for login. Login: DM validates the creditales (Account / pw), starts the user session (here possible start_kde) Logout: The user session ends, DM takes over X11 displays login again. Stop: Only possible during wait for login, kills X11, ends DM (here kdm) Take-out from running session, using "ps auxf", here lxdm / xfce : USER PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND root 1969 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/lxdm -d root 1971 tty7 Ss+ 1124:46 \_ /usr/bin/X :0 vt07 -nolisten tcp mf 2213 ? Ss 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc -- /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc So without logging out of X11, a restart of the DM (here kdm) is not possible. Should kdm stand on the login screen, the is usually a option to restart kdm / X11 (can be disabled via config). Otherwise with kdm at the login screen, try to kill kdm from a tty as root with "killall kdm", either kdm respawns (with the fresh binary) or try to use "systemctl stop xdm.service", wait for error messages, and "systemctl start xdm.service" afterwards if no errors are shown. - Yamaban. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org