K Desktop 4.1 Fail [SOLVED]

[cyber_dragon]

Hi All
I'm New in Using Linux
I'm Using Kubuntu 4.10

Here is the problem :-

after upgrading from Kubuntu 4.08 to Kubuntu 4.10

the KDE 4.1 Login screen appear from a while then disappear immediately

i can't see my desktop , i can only see a black screen and my mouse pointer
but , i can hear the login sound

and when i press ctrl + alt + del then the down arrow three times i hear the logoff sound then the pc restarts

when i start the recovery mode , i see all other apps OK but

K Desktop something...... [fail]

i didn't install KDE 4.1 , it came with the upgrade

Hope you help the newbie


thanx

[ghillan]

Re: K Desktop 4.1 Fail

kubuntu 8.10 is not yet deployed, its still a beta. So no wonder that problems might happens. You should avoid messing with beta's if you have no skills to handle problems.

In answer of your problem:
I suggest you to use command line ( ctrl+alt+f1 ), mount a usb device and copy all your data and then reinstall the distro from scrach ( obviusly not 8.04, not the beta of intrepid ibex)

[aged hippy]

Re: K Desktop 4.1 Fail

Instead of <Ctrl> <Alt> <Del>, try <Alt> <Backspace> to re-start x instead of re-booting.

[Fintan]

Re: K Desktop 4.1 Fail

Backing up data is always good and yes this is a beta so a few strange things are bound to happen.
Very brave

You might want to try this:
Load a live cd (preferably a kde3.5 version) find the partition your kubuntu is on in:
system settings->advanced->harddirves&disks (or similar, mine is german)
mount and activate your kubuntu or /home partition (if it is separate)
open up konqueror, navigate to:
/home/yourusername and activate view->show hiddenfiles.
Now find the folder .kde and rename it to .kdeOld.

Reboot and your installation will recompile a .kde folder. This is where all of your desktop settings are stored. Now you can configure your desktop as needed and copy over all your kmail, kontact, etc stuff from Old to new.

I hope this helps and welcome to the party brave person

[cyber_dragon]

Re: K Desktop 4.1 Fail

thanx i solved it by editing the kwinrc file

i changed true to false and it worked

thanx again