"no terminal found" + X session problems

[Guest]

Hi I have been looking around the web for a few days now and I have had no luck NONE at all.

My problem is: I cannot fully log in until I get 2 ERROR messages.

(FAILSAFE) Login...

Xsession: unable to launch failsafe X session --- x - terminal - emulater not found; aborting

AND

(DEFAULT) Login...

Xsession: unable to start X session --- no "home/owner/.xsession" file, no "/home/owner/.Xsession" file, no session managers, nowindow managers, and no terminal found; aborting

The best that I can tell you is that I was removing some programs and updates when I must have deleted something important
IF ANYONE can Help I THANK YOU MUCH

[kyonides]

Re: "no terminal found" + X session problems

Well, if you can't even open a terminal session, you better backup your data and reinstall...

[cleb]

Re: "no terminal found" + X session problems

Can you log into the terminal (ctrl-alt-f1)? If so, a sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop might reinstall the important packages.

[Guest]

Re: "no terminal found" + X session problems

THANKS FOR THE HELP

I was able to log into terminal " ctrl-alt-f1 " I did try "sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop. It loaded and installed ALOT of packages things like lib files Gwnview and python also terminal and MUCH more.
But it is still a no go on the login
I have also tried "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

[flarson]

Re: "no terminal found" + X session problems

A couple of others come to mind. I think Hardy still uses the 3.5 KDE so
"sudo aptitude install kde"
in case you uninstalled kde or kwin. Also
"sudo aptitude -f full-upgrade" to get all the latest. If you still have no login try
"sudo aptitude install kdm".
Have you tried to restart KDM since your install? If not try
"sudo invoke-rc.d kdm restart"

[eamner]

Re: "no terminal found" + X session problems

Your xorg.conf could be currupted.
Try this: after boot, in Grub, select Kubuntu .... (RECOVERY MODE).
Then at the presented menu, select "try to fix xserver" (or something like that).
The other thing is, do you use Nvidia? try reinstalling the original driver.
That works for me.