Unable to automatically run KDM at system boot

I've done fresh system install on my desktop and now KDM doesn't starts at boot. But when I run it in console manually via "sudo systemctl restart kdm" it starts flawlessly. There are no any useful information in logs. The Xorg.0.log contains only message, that nvidia module initialization failed.
uname -a
Linux hydrogen 3.12.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Dec 20 19:39:00 CET 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Xorg.0.log
[ 1.327]
X.Org X Server 1.14.5
Release Date: 2013-12-12
[ 1.328] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 1.328] Build Operating System: Linux 3.12.5-1-ARCH x86_64
[ 1.328] Current Operating System: Linux hydrogen 3.12.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Dec 20 19:39:00 CET 2013 x86_64
[ 1.328] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=e2d7987c-ec5a-431d-b877-797f0a497763 rw quiet vmalloc=256MB
[ 1.328] Build Date: 13 December 2013 03:11:42PM
[ 1.328]
[ 1.328] Current version of pixman: 0.32.4
[ 1.328] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 1.328] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 1.328] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jan 3 11:11:07 2014
[ 1.328] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 1.329] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 1.329] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 1.329] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 1.329] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 1.329] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 1.329] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 1.329] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 1.329] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 1.330] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 1.330] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1.331] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 1.331] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1.331] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 1.331] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 1.331] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 1.331] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 1.331] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/
[ 1.331] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 1.331] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 1.331] (II) Loader magic: 0x7fec20
[ 1.331] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 1.331] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 1.331] X.Org Video Driver: 14.1
[ 1.331] X.Org XInput driver : 19.1
[ 1.331] X.Org Server Extension : 7.0
[ 1.332] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0fc1:19da:1258 rev 161, Mem @ 0xf6000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension DPMS
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
[ 1.334] Initializing built-in extension DRI2
[ 1.334] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 1.339] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 1.444] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 1.444] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1.444] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 1.444] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 331.20 Wed Oct 30 17:36:48 PDT 2013
[ 1.445] Loading extension GLX
[ 1.445] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 1.445] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 1.445] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 1.445] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 1.445] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 4
[ 1.445] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 5
[ 1.445] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 1.445] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[ 1.446] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nouveau
[ 1.446] (II) UnloadModule: "nouveau"
[ 1.446] (II) Unloading nouveau
[ 1.446] (EE) Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 1.446] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 1.446] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 1.453] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 1.453] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1.453] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 1.453] (II) LoadModule: "nv"
[ 1.454] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nv
[ 1.454] (II) UnloadModule: "nv"
[ 1.454] (II) Unloading nv
[ 1.454] (EE) Failed to load module "nv" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 1.454] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 1.454] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[ 1.454] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[ 1.454] (II) Unloading vesa
[ 1.454] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 1.454] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 1.454] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module modesetting
[ 1.454] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[ 1.454] (II) Unloading modesetting
[ 1.454] (EE) Failed to load module "modesetting" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 1.454] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 1.454] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[ 1.454] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 1.454] (II) Unloading fbdev
[ 1.454] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 1.454] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 331.20 Wed Oct 30 17:16:53 PDT 2013
[ 1.454] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 1.455] (++) using VT number 7
[ 1.469] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 1.469] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 1.469] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 1.470] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1.470] compiled for 1.14.5, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1.470] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 1.470] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
[ 1.470] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 1.471] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 1.471] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 1.472] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1.472] compiled for 1.14.5, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1.472] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 1.472] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 1.472] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 1.472] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 1.474] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 1.474] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 1.474] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[ 1.474] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 1.474] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 1.474] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[ 1.475] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
[ 1.475] (EE) NVIDIA(0): system's kernel log for additional error messages and
[ 1.475] (EE) NVIDIA(0): consult the NVIDIA README for details.
[ 1.475] (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
[ 1.475] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen 0
[ 1.475] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 1.475] (II) UnloadSubModule: "wfb"
[ 1.475] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fb"
[ 1.475] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[ 1.475] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 1.475] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[ 1.475] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 1.475] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 1.475] (EE)
[ 1.487] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
part of system log
Jan 03 11:11:07 hydrogen kernel: vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
Jan 03 11:11:07 hydrogen kernel: [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20130102 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
Jan 03 11:11:07 hydrogen kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.20 Wed Oct 30 17:43:35 PDT 2013
Jan 03 11:11:07 hydrogen kernel: usb 3-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
Jan 03 11:11:07 hydrogen kdm[321]: X server died during startup
Jan 03 11:11:07 hydrogen kdm[321]: X server for display :0 cannot be started, session disabled
Last edited by m0rph (2014-01-03 07:37:32)

It's in running state, but on screen I see only blinking text cursor.
kdm.service - K Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/kdm.service; enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2014-01-03 12:00:17 MSK; 38s ago
Main PID: 319 (kdm)
CGroup: /system.slice/kdm.service
└─319 /usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
Jan 03 12:00:17 hydrogen systemd[1]: Starting K Display Manager...
Jan 03 12:00:17 hydrogen systemd[1]: Started K Display Manager.
Jan 03 12:00:17 hydrogen kdm[319]: X server died during startup
Jan 03 12:00:17 hydrogen kdm[319]: X server for display :0 cannot be started, session disabled

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   If i am trying to run the NSP Server it first Starting (Showing Blue Color ) and after few seconds it is becoming Yellow in Color. When i cross checked in Process list it is showing one of the process in yellow color i.e.
disp+work.EXE whose description is Dispatcher
and Status is showing as "Running but Dialog Queue standstill"
May be because of this i am unable to log on the SAP System.
One more thing i got a licence key from SAP but when i am trying to intall licence key using saplicence -install this is also not working it is showing following error message.
SAPLICENSE (Release 700) ERROR ***
    ERROR:   Can not set DbSl trace function
    DETAILS: DbSlControl(DBSL_CMD_IMP_FUNS_SET) failed with return code 20
    RC-INFO: error loading dynamic db-library - check environment for:
             dbms_type = <db-type> (e.g. ora)
             DIR_LIBRARY = <path to db-dll> (e.g. /usr/sap/SID/SYS/exe/run)
Could you please help in this

Please refer to this post as this is a duplicate.
Problem after installing SAPNW2004sSneakPreviewABAP
Please close this post. Thanks.
Regards,
Rich Heilman

F110 Automatic payment checks printed system not updated

Hello Gurus!
Original Invoice is entered using FB60.
When Automatic payment run (F110) is run, every thing looked normal except for the check numbers for that rundate/id combo the check numbers started at 1 (through 11, not in the range allowed).
And the status screen has only two lines:
Parameters have been entered
Payment proposal has been created
Missing are:
Payment proposal has been edited
Payment run has been carried out
Posting orders: xx generated, xx completed
However checks have been printed and most of them are cashed as well. Bank highlighted the exceptions to the positive pay when the check numbers are not on the positive pay file.
There is no check informaton to be found on the system, in F-58 no open items were found. FBL1N for the vendor shows the line as open and overdue.
How can I correct this? What are the options.
Thanks in advance.
Swami

After reading variuos notes related to AP payables, note number 444989 is identified
as the one that came close to a solution to this problem. That note explains how to reuse the payment proposal.
"Check whether or not the payment run generated any payment documents.To do this, create, for example, a document list and restrict to the document type for payment documents and the posting date of the payment run.
If no payment documents were generated, then delete the outputs via the menu option: 'Edit > Payments > Delete output'.Afterwards, you can plan the payment run again."
So after the output is deleted, payment proposal is run again and system generated checks with new good numbers.

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How can I disable the Photos app from automatically running when I plug in my iPhone?
I have no intention of ever using Photos, in fact, having to abandon Aperture takes me one step close to moving back to Windows, but I digress.
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Thanks.

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Hi. My iMac hard drive is running Mavericks. I have an old version of Quark Xpress (3.32) which won't run in Mavericks. Can I partition my hard drive and run an older system on one partition, so I can access my Quark? Is that possible?

Hi ancelau,
QuarkXPress 3 is a Classic Mac OS application, so you need a version of OS X that still supports Classic. I believe 10.4 was the last one.
So if you have an iMac that boots with 10.4, then yes that is possible. I doubt though that newer Macs boot with OS X 10.4.
So why don't you upgrade QuarkXPress 3 to a newer version? I am not just asking that because I want you to spend money with us.
Typically using software that was released almost 20 years ago is just feasible when you keep an environment that was current at the time of release or a few years after, so an older Mac with a operating system present at that time. 20 years in IT is a lot.
So my opinion is that on a new Mac with a brand new operating system you need to use something a bit more current.
How about QuarkXPress 9 (released 3 years ago) or QuarkXPress 10? You are better off with v9, as QuarkXPress 10 only opens v7 and higher (whereas QuarkXPress 9 opens v3.1 and higher).
Or - I am even happy to make an exception - upgrade to 9 and we give you 10 for free? Let me know please.
Thanks
Matthias

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The Device Manager is clean. All drivers work and have digital signatures. I tried to use local group policy editor to disable digital signature enforcement but was not able to make any difference. The OS is 64-bit Windows 7 Professional with Service Pack
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and Installation software and restored the Registry to its previous restore point however the problem still exists.
As per SIGVERIF the not signed drivers are:
difxapi.dll              7/13/2009      2.1.0.0          Not Signed
usbccgp.sys              9/4/2013       6.1.7601.18251      Not Signed
usbd.sys                 9/4/2013       6.1.7601.18251      Not Signed
usbehci.sys              9/4/2013       6.1.7601.18251      Not Signed
usbhub.sys               9/4/2013       6.1.7601.18251      Not Signed
usbport.sys              9/4/2013       6.1.7601.18251      Not Signed
usbuhci.sys              9/4/2013       6.1.7601.18251      Not Signed
The problem appears to be related to the not signed USB drivers.
The current USB 3.0 host controller is from Renesas Electronics (ver. 2.1.39.0). According to the Device Manager it is digitally signed and working fine.
Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
Thanks,
DC

This issue was fixed on my PC as follows.
1) Taking ownership of the above usb*.sys files in the drivers folder
2) renaming them to usb*.sysold
3) Using Device Manager to uninstall all USB devices with the yellow warning ! next to them
4) Doing a Scan for Hardware changes via the Device Manager toolbar and then waiting a few moments whilst the USB devices are re-installed with signed drivers.
Hope this helps you....
usb drivers files in my drivers folder after the above process:
12/02/2013 04:12            19,968 usb8023.sys
21/11/2010 03:24            32,896 USBCAMD2.sys
27/11/2013 01:41            99,840 usbccgp.sys
12/07/2013 10:41           100,864 usbcir.sys
27/11/2013 01:41             7,808 usbd.sys
27/11/2013 01:41            53,248 usbehci.sys
25/03/2011 03:29            52,736 usbehci.sysold
27/11/2013 01:41           343,040 usbhub.sys
25/03/2011 03:29           343,040 usbhub.sysold
25/03/2011 03:29            25,600 usbohci.sys
27/11/2013 01:41           325,120 usbport.sys
25/03/2011 03:29           325,120 usbport.sysold
14/07/2009 00:38            25,088 usbprint.sysold
11/03/2011 04:37            91,648 USBSTOR.SYS
25/03/2011 03:29            30,720 usbuhci.sys
21/11/2010 03:23           184,960 usbvideo.sys
              19 File(s)      2,783,104 bytes
The .sysold files are the ones I renamed, I think also renamed the usbccgp.sys - but accidentally deleted it after the rename..

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Hey Everybody,
I have run out of options supporting a customer that is having an error when creating a database with a file stream. The error displayed is unable to open physical file operating system error 259 (No more data is available). We're using a pretty
standard creation SQL script that we aren't having issues with other customers:
-- We are going to create our data paths for the filestreams.
DECLARE @data_path nvarchar(256);
SET @data_path = (SELECT SUBSTRING(physical_name, 1, CHARINDEX(N'master.mdf', LOWER(physical_name)) - 1)
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-- At this point, we should be able to create our database.
EXECUTE ('CREATE DATABASE AllTables
ON PRIMARY
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LOG ON
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We are using SQL Server 2014 Express. File streams were enabled on the installation SQL Server. The instance was created successfully and we are able to connect to the database through SSMS. The user is using an encrypted Sophos.
We have tried the following:
1. Increasing the permissions of the SQL Server server to have full access to the folders.
2. Attempted a restore of a blank database and it failed.
There doesn't seem to be any knowledge base articles on this particular error and I am not sure what else I can do to resolve this. Thanks in advance for any help!

Hi Ryan,
1)SQL Server(any version) can't be installed on encrypted drives. Please see a similar scenario in the following link
https://ask.sqlservercentral.com/questions/115761/filestream-and-encrypted-drives.html
2)I don't think there is any problem with permissions on the folder, if the user can create a database in the same folder. Am not too sure. Also see the article by
Jacob on configuring the FILESTREAM for SQL Server that describes how to configure FILESTREAM access level & creating a FILESTREAM enabled database
Hope this helps,
Thanks
Bhanu

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There are presently several alternatives for running Windows on Intel Macs.
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2. Parallels Desktop for Mac and Windows XP, Vista Business, or Vista Ultimate. Parallels is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.
3. VM Fusionand Windows XP, Vista Business, or Vista Ultimate. VM Fusion is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.
4. CrossOver which enables running many Windows applications without having to install Windows. The Windows applications can run concurrently with OS X.
5. VirtualBox is a new Open Source freeware virtual machine such as VM Fusion and Parallels that was developed by Solaris. It is not yet fully developed for the Mac - some features are not yet implemented - but it does work otherwise.
6. Last is Q. Q is a freeware emulator that is compatible with Intel Macs. It is much slower than the virtualization software, Parallels and VM Fusion.
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See MacTech.com's Virtualization Benchmarking for comparisons of Boot Camp, Parallels, and VM Fusion.
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