kdm does not start on transition from runlevel 1 to runlevel 2

[Ernst Kloppenburg]

Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace

this is on a test system upgraded from karmic today (about 10.4-beta2)

- booted the system (without 'splash' on the kernel command line: to avoid bug 560175)
- switched to vt1, logged in as root
- executed: telinit 1
- selected "root prompt", logged in as root
- executed: telinit 2

a number of services are started again now, but kdm is not.
The /etc/init/kdm.conf only stops kdm depending on runlevel, the start conditions get not triggered on this runlevel transition.

(Maybe the underlying problem is that whole concept of runlevels is not compatible with the upstart philosophy.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: kdm 4:4.4.2-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 10 22:15:51 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdebase-workspace

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

From looking at the code it seems this should work (in 11.10 anyway). Startup condition is runlevel being != 6 (and some other stuff, dbus being started for example).