KDE Cannot start from kdm or gdm
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kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
i have a system which i upgraded via internet from 8.06 (hardy) to 8.10 (intrepid) - -the system was originally built as a ubuntu (gnome) machine, then had fluxbox added and run as that for a time. some time later i installed the kubuntu meta-package and ran it for a time as kubuntu - -the upgrade went fine - -expcept that when i try to login to kde - i can enter the username and password, and the login box clears and the icons begin to fade in representing the kde startup - -the first is a hard disk icon - then a pair of crossed tools (screwdriver and pliars maybe? i dont remember) at that point the screen blanks and returns to the login screen. i tried switching to GDM with the same result.
Due to this result - i suspected a bad install of kubuntu -- so i installed a new hdd and tried to install from a downloaded cdrom -- the sam error sequence resulted -- except, since the live CD does not require login, it just keeps looping through the fading icons.
The machine is an Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.0ghz with 1Gb memory and a 40gb hdd
someone in one of the IRC chans asked which video card im running - -its an Intel 82865 integrated graphics controller.
tags: | added: iso-testing |
Same problem here. Fresh Remix -> Intrepid upgrade using Adept2 upgrader tool. Try to log in and start KDE from KDM and submit username and password, screen switches briefly to the loader and then goes back to the KDM login.
Dunno if this is useful, found it in the startup feedback screen:
grep: /usr/lib/ kde4/etc/ kde4/kdm/ kdmrc: No such file or directory
Not starting K Display Manager (kdm-kde4); it is not the default display manager
And X feedback from ~/.xsession-errors:
Xsession: X session started for seele at Tue Oct 21 13:35:06 EDT 2008 xinit/input. d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/ xinit/xinput. d/default. apps/kxkb/ ubuntu. xmodmap' for reading emulator: Fatal IO error: client killed :SessionManager ::~SessionManag er: Konsole SessionManager destroyed with sessions still alive
Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_US.
Start IM through /etc/X11/
/usr/bin/xmodmap: unable to open file '/usr/share/
/usr/bin/xmodmap: 1 error encountered, abording.
x-terminal-
konsole (5179) Konsole: