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    Can't login using graphical shell

    I newly installed Kubuntu 8.04 for i386 on VMWare 6 with the virtual machine like so: 128MB ram, 2 processors, IDE HDD (it's really SATA, but couldn't install grub previously in SATA mode), and 2GB disk space.
    Each time I try to graphical login, the screen goes black, and it starts the login screen up again. Tried a console login and everything is fine. I did a kdm stop, then a startx, and got a bunch of errors.

    expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: Line 70 of pc
    expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessDown: Line 71 of pc
    expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessUp: Line 72 of pc

    The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
    > Error: bad length in CompatMap
    > Output file "/var/tmp/server-0.xkm" removed
    Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server

    waiting for X server to shut down FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

    And then just the prompt. Can anyone help? Thanks!
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    #2
    Re: Can't login using graphical shell

    You may want to log in again to console and try this:

    sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

    When it asks a question you are unsure about, just choose the default.
    Those errors are related to the Keyboard Map.
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      #3
      Re: Can't login using graphical shell

      I just tried it, and the errors are still there, as well as the endless login loop
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        Re: Can't login using graphical shell

        Two things I'm finding out there is that one person had that problem and it was because /var was full. Don't know your current config and space issues, but worth a look. Also, is it possible for you to post your XORG.CONF file?
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          Re: Can't login using graphical shell

          I don't know how to empty var or viewing the conf file (and then retyping it here... don't know how to copy/paste in vmware!)
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            Re: Can't login using graphical shell

            So this is a virtual installation?
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              Re: Can't login using graphical shell

              Yes this is a VMWare 6 installation. As stated above, I made a 2GB disk for it. I don't know if more can be added later?
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                #8
                Re: Can't login using graphical shell

                Hmmm. It may very well be a space issue. Try these commands in order listed:

                sudo apt-get autoremove
                sudo apt-get clean
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                  Re: Can't login using graphical shell

                  Originally posted by reubendt
                  Yes this is a VMWare 6 installation. As stated above, I made a 2GB disk for it. I don't know if more can be added later?
                  Kubuntu needs 5GB minimum.
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                    Re: Can't login using graphical shell

                    Oh wow I finally logged in, but then I reset the VM to see if I wouldn't have any further problems and got back to the beginning. Probably something else filled up when I successfully logged in. Any other cleaning commands I can use? Or do I have to reinstall everything on 5GB?
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                      Re: Can't login using graphical shell

                      You really do have a space issue. That was confirmed. Dibl is correct about the min. There isn't anything further after that. Once you logged in, that space was filled with Home folder information.
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                        Re: Can't login using graphical shell

                        If space is not an issue for you, I would make the partition at least 10gig. If you plan on playing with packages, installing new things to try and such, it's really easy to run Kubuntu up to 7gigs.
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                          Re: Can't login using graphical shell

                          I'll reinstall everything on 10GB, thanks so much to everyone!
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