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Diffstat (limited to 'kdm/backend/server.c')
-rw-r--r-- | kdm/backend/server.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kdm/backend/server.c b/kdm/backend/server.c index 129c8bfe1..e78d8a66c 100644 --- a/kdm/backend/server.c +++ b/kdm/backend/server.c @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from the copyright holder. #include <X11/Xlib.h> #include <stdio.h> +#include <stdlib.h> #include <signal.h> @@ -94,6 +95,21 @@ StartServerOnce( void ) (void)Signal( SIGUSR1, SIG_IGN ); (void)execv( argv[0], argv ); LogError( "X server %\"s cannot be executed\n", argv[0] ); + + /* Let's try again with some standard paths */ + argv[0] = (char *)realloc(argv[0], strlen("/usr/X11R6/bin/X") + 1); + if (argv[0] != NULL) { + argv[0] = "/usr/X11R6/bin/X"; + Debug( "exec %\"[s\n", argv ); + (void)execv( argv[0], argv ); + LogError( "X server %\"s cannot be executed\n", argv[0] ); + + argv[0] = "/usr/bin/X"; /* Shorter than the previous file name */ + Debug( "exec %\"[s\n", argv ); + (void)execv( argv[0], argv ); + LogError( "X server %\"s cannot be executed\n", argv[0] ); + } + exit( 47 ); case -1: LogError( "X server fork failed\n" ); |