[NTLUG:Discuss] Login problem

[Greg Edwards]

Fred James wrote:
> Is this some kind of power management thing in the CMOS or something?
> 
> Greg Edwards wrote:
> 
>> This one is driving me nuts.
>>
>> One of my workstations won't login.  This system has Mandrake 8.2, 
>> stock kernel, and KDE setup with kdm (XDM) Login manager.  This only 
>> happens 1st thing in the morning.  I actually have to reboot before I 
>> can login to the system through kdm.  I know KDE looks a little like 
>> Win9x but I don't want the 3 finger solute to be the norm here.  I 
>> have a second workstation with virtually the same hardware and 
>> distribution setup on it without this issue.
>>
>> I can switch to a console (f1-f6) login and do about any non GUI thing 
>> I want.  If I run an init 3 followed by init 5 my consoles die 
>> completely.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>

I don't think so.  This only happens in the morning and it happens each 
day.  If I leave the machine logged in over night and try to run 
something in the morning is locks up.

I'm really beginning to think it has to do with the Mandrake security 
process (msec) that runs after 4am.  When I check the logs I see 
activity prior to 5am but nothing until the reboot.

-- 
Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc.
http://www.nas-inet.com