Is this an error?
If so, how can I fix it?

Starting service kdm<notice>startproc: execve (/opt/kde3/bin/kdm) [ /opt/kde3/bin/kdm ], [ CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=ext3 TERM=linux SHELL=/bin/sh ROOTFS_FSCK=0 INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 KDEROOTHOME=/root/.kdm REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=96 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=0x314 RUNLEVEL=5 SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/SuSE/config/bootsplash-800x600.cfg PWD=/ LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 PREVLEVEL=N LINES=33 QT_SYSTEM_DIR=/usr/share/desktop-data SHLVL=2 HOME=/ XCURSOR_THEME=crystalwhite WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/bin/kde SPLASH=yes splash=silent ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/sda7 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/opt/kde3/bin/kdm ]
done
Starting service kdm done

I don't see any "error" or "warning" messages, just a list of settings. And it says Starting service kdm done only once. So I vote for no error and a single load.

To be on the secure side type and have a look whether there are truly two instances running or just one.

it says done twice, the first time when it has all those paramaters, and the second time just as starting kdm done

on screen while booting i just see:
starting kdm [done]
starting kdm [done]

You didn't post that. Well, what does my above suggestion result in?

I didn't post that, but if you read my first post, there is also written Starting service kdm............... don
and starting service kdm done

anyway:

ae92:/home/ndr008 # ps ax | grep kdm
3478 ? S 0:00 /opt/kde3/bin/kdm
5495 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep kdm

Ha, right, I overlooked that, sorry. But IMHO the first &quot;done&quot; comes afer an assignment of a value &quot;/opt/kde3/bin/kdm&quot; to the variable &quot;DAEMON&quot; (amongst others).

But you see the results from ps: it found the process kdm just once, the other instance is grep with the parameter kdm. So there is running just one kdm.

If you don't trust that try &quot;top&quot; (also &quot;man top&quot; which should show you how to regulate the refresh rate).

Good luck.

Hello,
same for me, KDM seams to start twice.

Feb 19 07:04:22 basis kdm_config[3646]: Multiple occurrences of key 'Language' in section [X-*-Greeter] of /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
Feb 19 07:04:22 basis kdm_config[3646]: Multiple occurrences of key 'ShowUsers' in section [X-*-Greeter] of /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
Feb 19 07:04:22 basis kdm_config[3646]: Multiple occurrences of key 'UseBackground' in section [X-*-Greeter] of /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
Feb 19 07:04:22 basis kdm_config[3646]: Multiple occurrences of key 'AllowShutdown' in section [X-:*-Core] of /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
Feb 19 07:04:22 basis kdm_config[3646]: Multiple occurrences of key 'AutoLoginEnable' in section [X-:0-Core] of /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc

That is what I see in the messages log file. The kdmrc file does not contain those settings twice. I can only be a result of starting kdm twice ...!?

I think there must be a problem because I can not change the login screen, it always comes up with the blue default from OpenSuse 10.2. If I change e.g. the background in the control center, nothing will be changed the next time I boot the pc.

Could it be that there is something wrong with the preload process?

3626 root 15 0 3360 868 704 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.01 kdm
3710 root 15 0 4728 1800 1236 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.17 kdm

As you can see above, top is showing me 2 kdm are running?

Would be great to get some hints what I can check to find out why kdm is starting twice ...!

regards, Benson

Umm, could be that your xorg.conf is corrupted. There are several programs which make a new one from a template. You might want to try that...

Hi,
I do not see how the xorg.conf can be the reason why kdm is starting twice. But I am not an expert and I will try it.
I remember that I had to do some changes to that xorg.conf because of a font size problem I had in the past, maybe I fixed the font problem but ...

Aye, it is a hunch, no more, and may well be wrong. Don't invest too much work...

Hi,
I think it could be a problem with earlykdm and xdm, both are started during boot?

regards, Benson

I've no experience with those, can't help you there...