> On a whim I tried this really big > hammer. I created a patch to strip from the kdebase code all > references of consolekit.c and CONSOLE_KIT. Seemed like a > reasonable idea. > > No luck. Still can't login with KDM. > > Would somebody please provide me a > knee-bone-connected-to-the-thigh-bone explanation or simple > flow chart how KDM runs through everything? I'm still > leaning toward this being an authentication problem. Perhaps > with some kind of flow chart I can try something. Some progress. I tried some different -debug options with kdm. I saw an error message "password verify failed." The only place the message is found is in kdm/backend/client.c. Any ideas where to attack next? Darrell