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Weird Error Messages With KDM or XDM

For a long time I have been starting X from runlevel 3. For the past week I decided to try runlevel 4 for a while. Broaden my horizons and all that. :)

When I checked the kdm.log [grep '(EE)' /var/log/kdm.log] I found the following error messages:

(EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0)
(EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap

There are no such errors in Xorg.0.log when starting X from runlevel 3.

Surfing the web revealed similar reports but I never found an explanation or solution.

As a troubleshooting effort I next tried XDM. I found the same error messages in xdm.log.

I realize KDM originally is derived from XDM and possibly therefore such a test is hardly conclusive.

I changed from the proprietary nvidia drivers to the standard nv drivers. Same results.

I do not have GDM or SLIM installed and could not test.

Would somebody else please verify these error messages in kdm.log and xdm.log?

And whether the errors appear in the SLIM or GDM logs too?

The error messages seem harmless but error messages always bug me. :)

Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woodsman (Post 3295444)

Would somebody else please verify these error messages in kdm.log and xdm.log?

I can confirm. I have a lot of such errors in my /var/log/kdm.log

Code:

grep '(EE)' /var/log/kdm.log|grep server|wc -l

105

Code:

grep '(EE)' /var/log/kdm.log|grep compile|wc -l

105

But I don't have knowlidge to deal with them.
And anyhow they seem harmless.

why does /var/log/kdm.log exist for you and not for me. I think I'm using kdm. /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc points to xinitrc.kde. But I have no log file at /var/log for kdm. I'm using slackware 12.1.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karu (Post 3295647)

I can confirm.

Negative, I do not confirm. I don't have any keymap errors in kdm.log.

Code:

bash-3.1$ grep '(EE)' /var/log/kdm.log|grep compile|wc -l

0

And I'm using runlevel 4.

Quote:

why does /var/log/kdm.log exist for you and not for me. I think I'm using kdm. /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc points to xinitrc.kde. But I have no log file at /var/log for kdm. I'm using slackware 12.1.

The kdm.log exists only when the KDM is running, which is in runlevel 4. The xinitrc scripts are called from runlevel 3.

Quote:

Negative, I do not confirm. I don't have any keymap errors in kdm.log.

Interesting. I wonder what causes these error messages. Apparently harmless, but annoying. All obscure error messages are annoying!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woodsman (Post 3299232)

Interesting. I wonder what causes these error messages. Apparently harmless, but annoying. All obscure error messages are annoying!

Well, I think I'm using another locale and probably use another keyboard layout ("us" and "ru(winkeys)") and that might be the cause.

Quote:

Well, I think I'm using another locale and probably use another keyboard layout ("us" and "ru(winkeys)") and that might be the cause.

Would you mind sharing your xorg.conf or at least the relative section? I'd be tempted to experiment just to see whether the error messages disappear.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woodsman (Post 3299567)

Would you mind sharing your xorg.conf or at least the relative section? I'd be tempted to experiment just to see whether the error messages disappear.

Here you go:

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig

# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Mon Feb 26 23:38:46 PST 2007



Section "ServerLayout"

    Identifier    "X.org Configured"

    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0

    #InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

    InputDevice          "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"

EndSection



Section "Files"

    RgbPath        "/usr/share/X11/rgb"

    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"

    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"

    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"

    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc"

    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"

    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/local"

EndSection



Section "Module"

    Load          "glx"

    Load          "record"

    Load          "extmod"

    Load          "dbe"

    Load          "xtrap"

    Load          "type1"

    Load          "freetype"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier      "stylus"

        driver          "wizardpen"

        Option                "Type"                "stylus"

        Option          "Device"        "/dev/tablet-event"

        Option          "TopX"          "157"

        Option          "TopY"          "85"

        Option          "BottomX"      "32739"

        Option          "BottomY"      "32745"

        Option          "MaxX"          "32739"

        Option          "MaxY"          "32745"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier    "Keyboard0"

    Driver        "kbd"

    Option        "XKbModel" "pc105"

    Option        "XKbLayout" "us,ru(winkeys)"

    Option        "XKbOptions" "grp:rwin_toggle,grp_led:scroll,grp:shifts_toggle"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier    "Mouse0"

    Driver        "mouse"

    Option        "Protocol" "auto"

    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"

EndSection



Section "Monitor"



        #DisplaySize          330  240        # mm

    Identifier    "Monitor0"

    VendorName    "SNY"

    ModelName      "0"

    HorizSync      48.0 - 150.0

    VertRefresh    30.0 - 85.0

    Option        "DPMS"

EndSection



Section "Device"



        ### Available Driver options are:-

        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",

        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"

        ### [arg]: arg optional

        #Option    "SWcursor"                  # [<bool>]

        #Option    "HWcursor"                  # [<bool>]

        #Option    "NoAccel"                    # [<bool>]

        #Option    "ShadowFB"                  # [<bool>]

        #Option    "UseFBDev"                  # [<bool>]

        #Option    "Rotate"                    # [<str>]

        #Option    "VideoKey"                  # <i>

        #Option    "FlatPanel"                  # [<bool>]

        #Option    "FPDither"                  # [<bool>]

        #Option    "CrtcNumber"                # <i>

        #Option    "FPScale"                    # [<bool>]

        #Option    "FPTweak"                    # <i>

        #Option    "DualHead"                  # [<bool>]

    Identifier    "Card0"

    Driver        "nvidia"

#    Driver "nv"

    Option        "RenderAccel" "true"

    Option        "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"

    VendorName    "nVidia Corporation"

    BoardName      "Unknown Board"

    Option          "NoLogo" "true"

EndSection



Section "Screen"

    Identifier    "Screen0"

    Device        "Card0"

    Monitor        "Monitor0"

    SubSection    "Display"

        Viewport    0 0

    EndSubSection

    DefaultDepth    24

    Option          "metamodes" "1024x768_85 +0+0; 1024x768 +0+0"

    Option        "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"

    Option        "DisableGLXRootClipping" "true"

    SubSection    "Display"

        Viewport    0 0

        Depth      4

        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384" "320x240" "320x200"

    EndSubSection

    SubSection    "Display"

        Viewport    0 0

        Depth      8

        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384" "320x240" "320x200"

    EndSubSection

    SubSection    "Display"

        Viewport    0 0

        Depth      15

        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384" "320x240" "320x200"

    EndSubSection

    SubSection    "Display"

        Viewport    0 0

        Depth      16

        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384" "320x240" "320x200"

    EndSubSection

    SubSection    "Display"

        Viewport    0 0

        Depth      24

        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384" "320x240" "320x200"

    EndSubSection

    Option "DynamicTwinView" "true"

EndSection



Section "Extensions"

#    Option "Composite" "Enable"

EndSection

I don't think it has any sensitive information, so posting it shouldn't be a problem.

Also, locale (just in case):

Code:

#!/bin/sh

export LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8

export LC_MESSAGES=en_US

export LC_COLLATE=C

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