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    Broken KDM : SOLVED !

    Hi All,

    It appears as though i broke my kdm after trying to update kde.
    I did the following

    1) added the repo
    ppa:kubuntu-ppa/beta

    after reading the entry
    KDE SC 4.4 Release Candidate 2 packages available on http://www.kubuntu.org/

    i then just opened kpackagekit and let it upgrade EVERYTHING.
    i then rebooted and kdm was broken so i tried something else with my little Linux knowledge

    2) i logged in to the Console from kdm and did the following
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

    I thought maybe this might solve it.
    i then rebooted.

    My problem is kdm doesnt work. After i attempt to login there is a screen flash and then kdm just loops back to wait for login again.

    The user/password login is 100% correct.

    For now im just using startx from the console to get into kde but i was hoping to fix kdm.

    Any ideas?

    Help a newb please ;-)









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    #2
    Re: Broken KDM

    See #10 in Top 20 Kubuntu FAQs & Answers
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      Re: Broken KDM

      I summarized the steps in my how-to: Privacy Cleanup 101, in
      Reply #7
      Disk/Partition Full! Warning! What to do about it
      (Steps 5 & 6)
      http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...2905#msg112905
      An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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        Re: Broken KDM

        My problem is kdm doesnt work. After i attempt to login there is a screen flash and then kdm just loops back to wait for login again.
        Have you tried loging in again from the "second" login screen?

        I saw this with lucid a while back.

        I am not going to upgrade my karmic until kde4.4 is fully released.
        HP Pavilion dv6 core i7 (Main)
        4 GB Ram
        Kubuntu 18.10
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          Re: Broken KDM

          About the KDE

          The KDE will release on the schedule (more or less) and fix the bugs when there are fixes available /1/:

          Rex Dieter:

          1. KDE currently has a time-based schedule
          ....
          2a. We have no documented or objective criteria to identify showstopper
          bugs (or features, for that matter)
          and /2/:
          Aaron J. Seigo

          ...the idea is to release often with repeated cycles of improvement...

          /1/ > Upcoming KDE 4.4 vs. Bug #162485
          /2/ > Possible 4.3.0 blocker in the Konsole KPart?

          There will be KDE 4.4.1, 4.4.2, ...,4.4.X.
          Before you edit, BACKUP !

          Why there are dead links ?
          1. Thread: Please explain how to access old kubuntu forum posts
          2. Thread: Lost Information
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            Re: Broken KDM

            Hello all,

            Thank you all for your replies.

            I tried all the suggestions in the FAQ link including renaming KDE etc etc
            I also have plenty of space free
            I tried an older kernel as well which definitely has the nvidia stuff compiled against it.

            Today i cant even use start x to get into "gui" mode.
            DOH

            I can see a console briefly appearing when the "second" kdm login appears.
            I have tried to login about 7 times in a row to see if anything changes and every time it "loops"

            why didnt i have some damn backups.

            Any ideas?

            Thanks again for your help


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              #7
              Re: Broken KDM

              Hi all,

              I fixed it. Stupid me did something as root and it busted the permissions.

              I hope the link and solution below will help somebody.

              http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3109580.0
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                Re: Broken KDM : SOLVED !

                roger_ramjet -- Good job and good link. I'm going to add that "trick" to the
                Privacy Cleanup 101, in Reply #7
                Disk/Partition Full! Warning! What to do about it
                (Steps 5 & 6)

                Thanks for your feedback.
                An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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