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    Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

    I downloaded Beryl from the repository to further torture myself with software that I really don't understand . Anyway, I rebooted after the download and everything happened as normal except when signing in. I signed in at the Kubuntu screen (the one shown after a reboot) and hit enter but the screen went blank for a moment then returned to the sign in screen. I signed in several times with the same result - always returns to the sign in screen.

    I have a hunch as to what the problem might be. I may be running quite low on hard drive space which may be causing me issues. How can I remove the beryl files I installed without launching KDE?

    Hopefully, this can be done from the command line prior to signing in. I'm dual booting with Windows XP and 7.04.

    Thanks,

    m
    sudo make me rich<br /><br />Kubuntu Gutsy 7.10<br />KDE 3.5<br />Compaq Presario 5000<br />Intel Celeron 1.2 Ghz<br />512 Ram, Riva TNT2 Video Card<br />All the above hardware is 7 year old junk but<br />Linux runs great on it.&nbsp; :&gt<br />Ham Radio Rules
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    Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

    You'll need to get to a CLI, so given your current situation, boot into recovery mode. You'll be at the command line as root.

    Type:
    Code:
    apt-get remove beryl emerald
    If you didn't install the emerald package, then omit emerald from the command above.
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      #3
      Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

      Bang! Worked like a charm. I then freed up some hard drive space and reinstalled Beryl. Now, if I only new how to turn on those cool effects..
      sudo make me rich<br /><br />Kubuntu Gutsy 7.10<br />KDE 3.5<br />Compaq Presario 5000<br />Intel Celeron 1.2 Ghz<br />512 Ram, Riva TNT2 Video Card<br />All the above hardware is 7 year old junk but<br />Linux runs great on it.&nbsp; :&gt<br />Ham Radio Rules
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        Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

        First thing to do, is to check and see if your video card has direct rendering. Open a console shell and type:
        Code:
        glxgears
        A small window should open with three colored spinning gears. If you get that, good. Leave it run a while and note the frames per second rates that get listed in the original console. Let it write about 10 lines then press CTRL+C to stop it. Copy and paste the output for review.
        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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          Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

          Originally posted by Snowhog
          First thing to do, is to check and see if your video card has direct rendering. Open a console shell and type:
          Code:
          glxgears
          A small window should open with three colored spinning gears. If you get that, good. Leave it run a while and note the frames per second rates that get listed in the original console. Let it write about 10 lines then press CTRL+C to stop it. Copy and paste the output for review.
          I did see the gears although they spun slowly. Here is the output.

          mrmsudawgs@closet:~$ glxgears
          822 frames in 5.6 seconds = 145.894 FPS
          678 frames in 5.6 seconds = 120.145 FPS
          791 frames in 5.6 seconds = 141.468 FPS
          678 frames in 5.2 seconds = 130.416 FPS
          791 frames in 5.6 seconds = 141.606 FPS
          791 frames in 5.4 seconds = 146.661 FPS
          791 frames in 5.5 seconds = 143.561 FPS
          791 frames in 5.6 seconds = 142.100 FPS
          791 frames in 5.7 seconds = 139.159 FPS
          791 frames in 5.4 seconds = 147.351 FPS
          791 frames in 5.5 seconds = 143.344 FPS
          791 frames in 5.5 seconds = 142.715 FPS
          sudo make me rich<br /><br />Kubuntu Gutsy 7.10<br />KDE 3.5<br />Compaq Presario 5000<br />Intel Celeron 1.2 Ghz<br />512 Ram, Riva TNT2 Video Card<br />All the above hardware is 7 year old junk but<br />Linux runs great on it.&nbsp; :&gt<br />Ham Radio Rules
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            Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

            That's less than I have. Will see if your card has enough umph to run Beryl.

            Did you install the emerald package? You will need it.
            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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              Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

              Originally posted by Snowhog
              That's less than I have. Will see if your card has enough umph to run Beryl.

              Did you install the emerald package? You will need it.
              Not sure. I downloaded Beryl from the repository so not sure what came with it. However, looking in the KDE menus I have >Settings>Emerald Theme Manager. Is this it?
              sudo make me rich<br /><br />Kubuntu Gutsy 7.10<br />KDE 3.5<br />Compaq Presario 5000<br />Intel Celeron 1.2 Ghz<br />512 Ram, Riva TNT2 Video Card<br />All the above hardware is 7 year old junk but<br />Linux runs great on it.&nbsp; :&gt<br />Ham Radio Rules
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                #8
                Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

                Yes. So let's see how far you get. Open a console shell and type:
                Code:
                beryl-manager
                You should see the beryl icon in the system tray. If you do, right-click it and click on Beryl Settings Manager. If you get that far, will continue.
                Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                  #9
                  Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

                  Ha! Haaaaa! Oh man, that was u-g-l-y. Basically, I followed your steps and my screen went completely white when the manager launched. I was able to use my mouse's wheel to rotate the screen but there was nothing to see. All white. I had to press and hold my power button to reboot.

                  I do have another video card they may be a little better than this one. I'll install it and give it a try later unless you have another solution of the current card...

                  m
                  sudo make me rich<br /><br />Kubuntu Gutsy 7.10<br />KDE 3.5<br />Compaq Presario 5000<br />Intel Celeron 1.2 Ghz<br />512 Ram, Riva TNT2 Video Card<br />All the above hardware is 7 year old junk but<br />Linux runs great on it.&nbsp; :&gt<br />Ham Radio Rules
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                    #10
                    Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

                    As to "press and hold my power button to reboot" that was not necessary, unless you mean the ENTIRE screen. Tip: next time press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart the X server.

                    Was the ENTIRE screen white, or did you still have access to the panel and the beryl icon?
                    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                      #11
                      Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

                      The entire screen went white. No letters. No text. Nothing. Just white. There was nothing to click on - not even the panel.

                      What do you think? Install a new card?
                      sudo make me rich<br /><br />Kubuntu Gutsy 7.10<br />KDE 3.5<br />Compaq Presario 5000<br />Intel Celeron 1.2 Ghz<br />512 Ram, Riva TNT2 Video Card<br />All the above hardware is 7 year old junk but<br />Linux runs great on it.&nbsp; :&gt<br />Ham Radio Rules
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                        Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

                        As the FPS rate were not very impressive, that's what I'd be thinking of doing. That means of course, you have a desktop PC? Do you know what manufacturer/model of video card you have? If not, from a console shell type:
                        Code:
                        lspci | grep Graphics
                        and copy/paste the results.
                        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                          #13
                          Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

                          Running that command did not return anything. However, I'm sure my card is a 16 MB Nvidia Vanta - which is about six years old now and was purchased new with my computer (desktop pc). It is not a very impressive machine but it runs great with 7.04 as opposed to Win XP.

                          sudo make me rich<br /><br />Kubuntu Gutsy 7.10<br />KDE 3.5<br />Compaq Presario 5000<br />Intel Celeron 1.2 Ghz<br />512 Ram, Riva TNT2 Video Card<br />All the above hardware is 7 year old junk but<br />Linux runs great on it.&nbsp; :&gt<br />Ham Radio Rules
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                            Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

                            You should get a lot better performance from that card. Do you know if you are actually using an Nvidia driver?? If you don't know, let's look at your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. From a console shell type:
                            Code:
                            cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
                            Copy/paste the output.
                            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                              Re: Installed Beryl, Now Kubuntu Will Not Launch After Sign In Screen

                              Here is the output:

                              # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
                              #
                              # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
                              # values from the debconf database.
                              #
                              # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
                              # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
                              #
                              # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
                              # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
                              # package.
                              #
                              # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
                              # again, run the following command:
                              # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

                              Section "Files"
                              FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
                              FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
                              FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
                              FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
                              FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
                              FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
                              FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
                              # path to defoma fonts
                              FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
                              EndSection

                              Section "Module"
                              Load "i2c"
                              Load "bitmap"
                              Load "ddc"
                              Load "extmod"
                              Load "freetype"
                              Load "int10"
                              Load "vbe"
                              load "glx"
                              load "GLcore"
                              load "v4l"
                              EndSection

                              Section "InputDevice"
                              Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
                              Driver "kbd"
                              option "CoreKeyboard"
                              option "XkbRules" "xorg"
                              option "XkbModel" "pc105"
                              option "XkbLayout" "us"
                              EndSection

                              Section "InputDevice"
                              Identifier "Configured Mouse"
                              Driver "mouse"
                              option "CorePointer"
                              option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
                              option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
                              option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
                              option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
                              EndSection

                              Section "InputDevice"
                              Driver "wacom"
                              Identifier "stylus"
                              option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
                              option "Type" "stylus"
                              option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
                              EndSection

                              Section "InputDevice"
                              Driver "wacom"
                              Identifier "eraser"
                              option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
                              option "Type" "eraser"
                              option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
                              EndSection

                              Section "InputDevice"
                              Driver "wacom"
                              Identifier "cursor"
                              option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
                              option "Type" "cursor"
                              option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
                              EndSection

                              Section "Device"
                              identifier "Generic Video Card"
                              boardname "RIVA TNT2"
                              busid "PCI:1:0:0"
                              driver "nv"
                              screen 0
                              vendorname "RIVA"
                              EndSection

                              Section "Monitor"
                              identifier "Generic Monitor"
                              modelname "Custom 1"
                              modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
                              modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
                              modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
                              modeline "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
                              gamma 1.19
                              EndSection

                              Section "Screen"
                              Identifier "Default Screen"
                              Device "Generic Video Card"
                              Monitor "Generic Monitor"
                              DefaultDepth 24
                              SubSection "Display"
                              depth 24
                              virtual 1024 768
                              modes "1024x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56" "640x480@60"
                              EndSubSection
                              EndSection

                              Section "ServerLayout"
                              Identifier "Default Layout"
                              screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
                              InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
                              InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
                              InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
                              InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
                              InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
                              EndSection

                              Section "DRI"
                              Mode 0666
                              EndSection
                              Section "ServerFlags"
                              EndSection
                              mrmsudawgs@closet:~$
                              sudo make me rich<br /><br />Kubuntu Gutsy 7.10<br />KDE 3.5<br />Compaq Presario 5000<br />Intel Celeron 1.2 Ghz<br />512 Ram, Riva TNT2 Video Card<br />All the above hardware is 7 year old junk but<br />Linux runs great on it.&nbsp; :&gt<br />Ham Radio Rules
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