KDE Not Starting

[DracoTB]

I installed Kubuntu onto my new system from the latest 64 bit ISO download. The installation seemed to go Ok, completing normally. When the machine boots up it does not go into KDE. I get an error

kinit; trying to start
kinit; trying to resume from /dev/sa5
kinit; no resume image found, booting normally

*
Then it goes to the command line of which I know somewhere between not very much and SFA.

Does anyone know how to fix this?



* Wording in quote is not precise but gives a general idea of what it actually says.

[DracoTB]

Re: KDE Not Starting

kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/sda5) = sda(8,5)
kinit: trying to resume from /dev/sda5
kinit: no resume image, doing normal boot

is the full and correct wording from kinit.

[DracoTB]

Re: KDE Not Starting

So, after an install, is Kubuntu supposed to boot directly into KDE?

How do I get KDE to start manually?
How do I get it start on boot?

[stealthbanana]

Re: KDE Not Starting

Its looking for a image to start from after hibernation or suspend, and its telling you that there is not one. No need to worry about that.

You say it gives you a command prompt, not asking you to log in?

If its login, input your name and password when asked.

Then type :

startx

that should start kde for you, or through up some errors that can be worked on. If its the command prompt, sounds like you are booing up into recovery mode.

[DracoTB]

Re: KDE Not Starting

I get asked to log in but only into the command line.

Typing in 'startx' gives me errors

Fatal server error:
No screens found
XIO: Fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X srever ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

Seems it doesn't like my video.
Mobo uses the nVidia GeForce 7025/nForce 630a chipset

[dibl]

Re: KDE Not Starting

You should be able to fix that, in three stages.

Stage 1 -- Get a GUI:
- Log in and do

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

On the first screen, say "NO", and on the second screen, choose "vesa". Then you can accept defaults -- no need to autodetect the keyboard, probably. When you get to monitor, just "X" one resolution that you like, and set the refresh rates within the limits of your CRT or LCD. When finished and it dumps you back to the command line, enter

startx

and you should have a GUI desktop.


Stage 2 -- Download and install Envy:

Go here and download the Envy file -- click the link that says "Get Envy Legacy". When it is downloaded to your desktop, right-click it and choose "Install with Gdebi" to install it. If it happens to have some dependency problem, note the file it needs, and use

sudo apt-get install {filename}

to install the file it needs, then try again to install it.

Stage 3 -- Run Envy and install video driver:

Click "Kmenu>System>Envy" and run it to install your Nvidia driver. When finished, you'll have to restart your X server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, and you should see the Nvidia splash, followed by a GUI login prompt.

Good luck with it.

[DracoTB]

Re: KDE Not Starting

Great - thanx for that