always return to loginscreen

[bnorontako]

please help, two days ago i install v4l-dvb in jaunty, but now i have problem when i try to launch program it's always back to login screen it's like my system crash but when i try to see the error message there is no one, it's very annoying me, i cannot enter the menu it's always return to login screen, nor firefox every thing that i want to launch it's always return to login screen, please help.
ps. my computer is
2.8 ghz, pIV
2g ram
ati x1300
250g maxtor hard disk
asrock motherboard

[dibl]

Re: always return to loginscreen

This "login loop" problem has been seen before -- it has several possible causes:

- full "/" filesystem
- root privileges on .ICEauthority and .Xauthority files, due to root use of /home/user folder


Check #10 in the FAQs in my signature.

[bnorontako]

Re: always return to loginscreen

hai, i try to rename kde.bak, but no luck the new kdm still have login loop, i try disinstall and re install kdm still have no luck the new kdm still have login loop, please help

[Snowhog]

Re: always return to loginscreen

You'll need to boot into recovery (single user) mode. This will put you at a command line (no X running). From this prompt type:

df -hTxtmpfs

You'll get a listing similar to:

Filesystem  Type  Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1   ext3  8.0G 3.3G 4.3G 44% /
/dev/sda5   ext3   20G 7.6G  12G 41% /home
/dev/sda2   ext3  7.9G 3.2G 4.4G 43% /media/sda2
/dev/sda6   ext3   20G 7.3G  12G 39% /media/sda6
/dev/sda3   ext3  7.9G 2.9G 4.7G 38% /media/sda3
/dev/sda7   ext3   20G 230M  19G  2% /media/sda7
/dev/sde1   vfat  4.7G 2.2M 4.7G  1% /media/PCMCIA_5G
/dev/sdb1   vfat   56G 156M  56G  1% /media/USB_60G-1

(this is what the output looks like on my system)

If the Use% on / is showing 100%, then you have some house cleaning to do to regain some space. The easiest way to do that is to remove the downloaded .deb files in the package cache. Type:

apt-get clean
apt-get autoclean

Then, again, type:

df -hTxtmpfs

The Use% on / should be a fair amount less than 100%. Then just type:

shutdown -r now

to reboot your PC. You 'should' be able to login now.

[bnorontako]

Re: always return to loginscreen

hai, my problem is i can enter the login start kdm normaly, but when i try running some program for example firefox then login screen appear and i must start from begining without being running firefox, and i cannot start anything, i just can login without running any programm, yes i just did clean, autoclean and autoremove but still have login loop

[dibl]

Re: always return to loginscreen

Hmmmmm, that's odd. Does this happen with every application that you try? For example, do Alt-F2 and enter "konsole" with no quote marks -- does that crash too?

[bnorontako]

Re: always return to loginscreen

yes it's crash too, and i can working either, may be i must wait until karmic koala ready

[dibl]

Re: always return to loginscreen

There is something broken in your system. Maybe the CD you made has a defect, or the ISO file was not a good download. I advise you to start fresh with a new ISO from the "daily build" here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily/current/

Check the md5sum after it is downloaded, and burn your CD at the slowest possible speed on your burner. Then make a new installation.

[bnorontako]

Re: always return to loginscreen

thank's for the answer i will do that when karmic is ready, now i must use again my windows xp (poor me),