> > I think the problem is that /tmp/ksocket-global
> doesn't exist on your
> > system. Can you try the attached (quick & dirty,
> not to be put
> > upstream) patch ?
> > The seemingly infinite loop is because of a missing
> error check on the
> > opening of the pipe, and since nothing interesting
> gets out of ::read,
> > it is called again and again.
> > The same issue applies both to kdmgreeter.cpp and
> sakdlg.cpp.
> Stupid me. Here is the patch.

Thanks much. First I tried manually creating the directory and then logging in. No deal. Then I rebuilt kdebase with your patch. No deal. :(

Here is a new strace based upon your patch:

http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/trinity/build_logs/kdm-trinity.log-2.gz

Darrell