KDM skips login screen and hangs while trying to load KDE
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kdebase (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: kdebase
I use Kubuntu 9.10 (karmic) on a generic desktop computer with Intel Core2 Duo and nVidia graphic card (with the proprietary nVidia driver). I use all the last official available karmic updates (27.02.2010):
Linux generic PAE 2.6.31-19.56
nVidia 185.18.36-0ubuntu9
xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
KDE 4:4.3.5-
When I boot the login screen of KDM appears very shortly, doesn't wait for user name or password and skips directly to the next step. The progress dialog for KDE appears and hangs at the first step (the stylized HDD). Important: I don't (and I never did) use the auto login feature of KDE! I use the Oxygen-Air theme (standard in karmic) as login theme.
Workaround: I press Ctrl+Alt+F1, login in tty1 and type: sudo killall kdm.
After being terminated, kdm automatically restarts and shows the login screen. There I can normally enter my password and login to KDE (without hanging in the progess dialog). It works but it is very annoying.
Thanks in advance for any help on this!
Changed in kdebase (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Fix Released |
Same here, step to reproduce:
1 - enable CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to kill X
2 - login into KDE and press CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE
3 - go to console mode
4 - reboot
5 - KDM hangs as described above
Step to cure:
1 - when KDM hangs, press CTRL+ALT+1 (go to console tty1)
2 - login as root
3 - apt-get install --reinstall --purge kdm
There must be something stale in kdm rc files.