xubuntu jaunty install fails to install necessary desktops

[Tony Green]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Attempting to install Xubuntu januty. Existing system was Kubuntu Intrepid, but I was formatting /, /usr, /var to make a clean install.

Install appeared to finish cleanly and prompted for reboot. However when X started up, the following pop-up message appeared:

No Exec line in the session file: kde. Running the Gnome failsafe session instead.

Then after acknowledging that message:

Could not find the Gnome installation. Will try running the "failsafe xterm" session.

Acknowledged that and got the xterm. Exited from that and was presented with the login screen, so I attempted to log in. Got a pop-up message:

Do you wish to make the KDE desktop the default for future sessions? Your preferred session type XFCE session is not installed on this computer.

Selecting "just log in" resulted in a desktop with a few icons on it, plus a panel at the bottom of the screen with absolutely nothing on it. Logging out and back in again but answering yes got the same result, except that the XFCE splash screen ran.

I have restored from my backups to get a working system, but have saved the contents of /var/log, so can attach any files from there that may be useful in diagnosing this problem.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/' to this bug report as separate attachments? It would also be helpful to know all of the partitions that existed on the drive. Thanks in advance.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!