[Bug 492339] [NEW] kdm.conf and failsafe-x.conf compete to start X session

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Binary package hint: upstart

Description:	Ubuntu 9.10
Release:	9.10

upstart:
  Installed: 0.6.3-10
  Candidate: 0.6.3-10
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.3-10 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

The system has both gnome and KDE installed and /etc/X11/default-
display-manager is set to /usr/bin/kdm. When booting the system, the
screen goes black with a few scattered white pixels. No login is
possible.

The course of the problem is that /etc/init/gdm.conf, /etc/init/kdm.conf and /etc/init/failsafe-x.conf direct the X-server into problems. /etc/init/gdm.conf and /etc/init/kdm.conf are symmetrical as to check whether /etc/X11/default-display-manager has been set to /usr/bin/kdm or /usr/bin/gdm and exit (with return code 1) if it is not their turn. The return code is recorded in /var/log/daemon.log and can be investigated with "grep init\: /var/log/daemon.log" - like the following.
Dec  4 13:45:42 sirius init: gdm main process (1161) terminated with status 1

This would be perfectly OK, if failsafe-x hadn't specified "start on
stopped gdm EXIT_STATUS=[!0]". This means that with /etc/X11/default-
display-manager set to /usr/bin/kdm, both kdm and failsafe-x come up and
compete for starting the X server on DISPLAY 0.0 (actually they compete
for a X11 lock file).

My current work around is commenting out all active lines in
/etc/init/failsafe-x.conf .

** Affects: kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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kdm.conf and failsafe-x.conf compete to start X session
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/492339
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