gdm/kdm/wdm-problem: wrong rc.init order?

Over the last few years I have found this on several Debian computers and occasionaly also on an Ubuntu PC: When booting to a graphical user interface using the displaymanagers mentioned in the subject line, I end up with a computer that does not respond to any keyboard action on the login screen.

wdm problem

hi i would like to use wdm instead of xdm, but on two out of three debian boxes it doesn't work. i can't login. i enter my credentials, wdm seems to log me in ...then the xserver restarts and there's wdm again. nothing about wrong password or anything. no logfiles (/var/log/wdm.log, /var/log/auth.

Re: wdm problem

On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 08:23:30PM -0500, Guy Durand wrote: > After my system boots it hangs at wdm; the mouse works but there is no > keyboard access. > This is what the ps ax | grep wdm shows > [08:09:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps ax | grep wdm > 901 ?S 0:00 /usr/bin/X11/wdm > 905 ?

Re: wdm problem

On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 08:23:30PM -0500, Guy Durand wrote: > After my system boots it hangs at wdm; the mouse works but there is no > keyboard access. > I just hangs there. Now when I kill -HUP 905 it reloads and I have > keyboard access. can someone tell me what is going on. Are you using t

wdm problem

After my system boots it hangs at wdm; the mouse works but there is no keyboard access. This is what the ps ax | grep wdm shows [08:09:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps ax | grep wdm 901 ?S 0:00 /usr/bin/X11/wdm 905 ?S< 0:04 /usr/bin/X11/X -auth /var/lib/wdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0