EUREKA! I tried logging into qt4 with
kde (failsafe session) instead of just kde
and I was able to successfully log in

after successful boot, I try to log into a user qt4.

It goes along well and just before the background appears, I am suddenly back at the login screen (ice or broken glass)

I am currently (for this post) using another user oracle.

Thanks! The secure file is fresh being made since boot.

I never got into qt4.

I can now su - qt4 without problem.

This started yesterday 10 Feb .

I do frequent yum updates.

oracle and qt4 are nearly identical.

the secure file is attached above!.

My profile image is intended to evoke frivolity

replying was the only way to attach the /var/log/secure (named securex.txt)

edit didn't show an option to attach a .txt file

did a

cd /var/log
cp secure securex.txt [file name=securex.txt size=0]http://www.linux.com/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/files/securex.txt[/file]

Feb 10 user qt4
extracts from
cd /var/log
grep -i 'feb 10' * >feb10.txt

Something wrong with pam or selinux???

I have not fooled with pam or selinux

The secure file seems to report problems

I do regular yum update s

from feb10.txt: above

secure:Feb 10 08:00:20 localhost pam: gdm-password[2396]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user qt4 by (uid=0)
secure:Feb 10 08:00:48 localhost polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1 (system bus name :1.37, object path /org/gnome/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
secure:Feb 10 08:00:54 localhost polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session3 (system bus name :1.71 [/usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1], object path /org/gnome/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
secure:Feb 10 08:01:14 localhost pam: gdm-password[2937]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user qt4 by (uid=0)
secure:Feb 10 08:01:25 localhost polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session3 (system bus name :1.71, object path /org/gnome/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
secure:Feb 10 08:01:31 localhost polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session5 (system bus name :1.87 [/usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1], object path /org/gnome/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
secure:Feb 10 08:01:58 localhost pam: gdm-password[3291]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user qt4 by (uid=0)
secure:Feb 10 08:02:09 localhost polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session5 (system bus name :1.87, object path /org/gnome/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
secure:Feb 10 08:02:15 localhost polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session7 (system bus name :1.102 [/usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1], object path /org/gnome/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
secure:Feb 10 08:02:50 localhost pam: gdm-password[3615]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user qt4 by (uid=0)
secure:Feb 10 08:03:02 localhost polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session7 (system bus name :1.102, object path /org/gnome/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
secure:Feb 10 08:03:07 localhost polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session9 (system bus name :1.117 [/usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1], object path /org/gnome/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)

It is dominating my CPU even when I am doing no RDB access

I have no idea what any form of tracker store does

why add overhead to existing database read/write

I use OCI for Oracle and it is the fastest

I use Qt APIs for MySQL

I use MS APIs for SQL Server

sounds like ODBC which is well known to be slow

How can I shut it off besides using kill -9

It eats my CPU even when I am doing no RDB access

Generally the screensaver settings in KDE are under, System Settings -> Desktop -> screensaver.
sorry
nothing about screensaver there

But if you wish to use xscreensaver instead you can append the screen you listed on the end of the /etc/X1/xinit/xinitrd.kde file, which will force it to start when any user logs into kde.

close as I can get to that directory

[root@localhost xinit]# pwd
/etc/X11/xinit
[root@localhost xinit]# lsa
total 36
drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 4096 Jan 9 15:45 ./
drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 4096 Nov 17 01:08 ../
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 2030 Aug 27 09:32 Xclients*
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Aug 27 09:32 Xclients.d/
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1486 Aug 27 09:32 xinitrc*
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1965 Aug 27 09:32 xinitrc-common
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Dec 25 13:00 xinitrc.d/
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jan 9 15:44 xinput.d/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jan 9 15:45 xinputrc -> /etc/alternatives/xinputrc
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3547 Aug 27 09:32 Xsession*

what file do I change?

locate xinitrc
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/00-start-message-bus.sh
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50-xinput.sh
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/localuser.sh
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/xdg-user-dirs.sh
/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc

/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc already contains:

# Launch xscreensaver (if available), but only as non-root user
if test $UID -gt 0 -a -z "$VNCSESSION"; then
if test x"`which xscreensaver 2>/dev/null`" != x""; then
xscreensaver -no-splash &
elif test x"`which gnome-screensaver 2>/dev/null`" != x""; then
gnome-screensaver &
fi
fi

I use kde on Fedora 14

I respect "X" windowing and video drivers as a deep career

what is tracker-store (and similar names) doing taking so much CPU time

top -5 shows high CPU usage

what does tracker-store (and similar) accomplish.

I didn't see tracker-store on the services list

running fedora 14 with all updates