kdm pre-4.1 fails to start X

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 09:44 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Rex Dieter wrote:
> 
> > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > 
> >> I'm running the kde-unstable version from kde-redhat, currently at
> >> version 4.0.98, and have kdm as my desktop manager.
> >> 
> >> When going into runlevel 5, X starts up and gives me an error box
> >> complaining that it can't find /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/circles.
> >> Clicking on OK then terminates X, though kdm is still running.
> >> 
> >> A look at /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes shows two subdirectories,
> >> FedoraWaves and oxygen.
> >> 
> >> This of course happens before any login, so it can't be a problem with
> >> my personal settings. If I log in at a console and run 'startx', KDE
> >> starts up normally. Ditto if I run gdm instead of kdm.
> >> 
> >> Is this something trivial or do I need to go to BZ?
> > 
> > Sure enough, circles has gone awol (not sure why yet).
> 
> OK, found problem, patched into kdebase-workspace-4.0.98-4 (and fixed
> upstream), so circles kdm theme is included again.

OK, I'll just wait for the next update.

Thanks Rex.

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