KDE fails to load since updates 2010-09-15
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace
There was a major update to Kubuntu on 2010-09-15. Careful choice of packages was necessary in order to avoid massive removal of packages.
After the partial update, KDE would not start. Entering username and password began splash screen but almost instantly kicked back to login screen.
Remainder of large update was available 2010-09-16 and all packages installed without incident.
However, KDE session continues to fail to load. Symptom remains that entering username and password begins splash screen but almost instantly kicks back to login screen.
In effort to work around errors, have backed up existing ~/.kde directory and allowed new one to be created. This changed nothing.
Have attached ~/.xsession-errors.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: kdebase-workspace 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-21-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Sep 16 09:23:47 2010
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100911)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdebase-workspace
I created a VirtualBox guest host using the 9/8/10 Maverick LiveCD. It ran well. Yesterday I received notification of updates available. Rather than run KPackageKit I opened a Konsole and used apt-get. About 274 packages were updated. I rebooted and my KDE desktop appeared and ran normally. A few minutes later KPackageKit said 254 packages were available. I let it do the updates and rebooted when it told me to. I was greeted with the login screen loop. None of the usual remedies would fix it.
So, also yesterday, 9/15/10, I downloaded the Maverick daily livecd with the intention of installing it over the existing Maverick guest OS on VirtualBox. Booting the LiveCD up within VirtualBox using the existing Maverick guest OS I was greeted with the Maverick LiveCD menu.
I selected the install option straight away. An "ubi-partmon failed with an exit code 141". A retry failed. Ignoring the failure resulted in a sterile install, with the progress bar missing, and it never progress beyond the final ad graphic. I canceled and the system proceeded to go to the LiveCD KDE desktop. While still running the LiveCD KDE desktop I installed gparted and created a bootable EXT4 partition, erasing the Maverick install that had resided there. Then I ran the install option from the desktop icon. Upon completion of the install I rebooted and was greeted again with the login screen loop. Today, 9/16/10, I booted into a console screen, thinking there would be some additional downloads which would resolve the situation. I did the apt-get update & dist-upgrade. After between 20-30 downloads installed I rebooted. The login screen loop remains. The contents of the .xsession-errors file is copied below (only because this bug system allows only on attachment per post) ******* ******* ******* ******* ******* ******* ** xinit/xinput. d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/ xinit/xinput. d/default. Interface: :serviceOwnerCh anged(QString, QString, QString) :invokeMethod: No such method KUniqueApplicat ion::loadComman dLineOptionsFor NewInstance( ) :invokeMethod: No such method KUniqueApplicat ion::loadComman dLineOptionsFor NewInstance( ) Interface: :serviceOwnerCh anged(QString, QString, QString) :invokeMethod: No such method KUniqueApplicat ion::loadComman dLineOptionsFor NewInstance( )
*******
Xsession: X session started for greygeek at Thu Sep 16 10:04:11 CDT 2010
Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_US.
Start IM through /etc/X11/
[: 225: ==: unexpected operator
startkde: Starting up...
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnection
QMetaObject:
kbuildsycoca4 running...
QDBusObjectPath: invalid path ""
Fetched layout groups from X server: layouts: ("us") variants: ("")
Fetched layout groups from X server: layouts: ("us") variants: ("")
QMetaObject:
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnection
QMetaObject:
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnection Interface: :serviceOwnerCh anged(QString, QString, QString) p.ConsoleKit. Session' while parsing introspection p.ConsoleKit. Session' while parsing introspection
Invalid D-BUS member name 'idle-hint' found in interface 'org.freedeskto
Invalid D-BUS member name 'is-local' found in interface 'org.freedeskto
Invalid D-BUS member name '...