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kdebase-workspace package

  1. Bug #459639
  2. Comment #53

Comment 53 for bug 459639

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Rolf Bensch (rolfbensch) wrote : Re: [Karmic] X server starts randomly in failsafe when starting from cold boot

I patched kdm.conf with a sleep before any other commands will be executed. For debugging kdm.conf wites 2 messages into syslog: "start kdm and sleep" and "resume kdm after sleep". Maybe you need to extend the sleep time, if your graphic card takes more time to load the nvidia driver than mine. I respawn kdm, so I can cancel the message boxes if any error occurs and kdm will start up later.

This is only a workaround!

Does anybody has an idea how to recognise a ready loaded graphics driver from the kernel? Looking for /dev/fb0 is not safe for every hardware configuration. A solution should work with any free and proprietary graphics driver.