Comment 2 for bug 250021

confirming this problem. I used gksudo nautilus (to access a log file) and got the same errors as Dean reported. The desktop degraded, showing only generic icons, and became non-responsive. On attempting to re-boot, the graphical greeter failed to appear, and attempting to startx after logging in at CL failed. Tried to launch gdm; that failed too, with permission errors.

Any log-files that I could rescue (from Hardy install) before I re-install Intrepid?