> 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