cannot start

[boesmans]

hi

im getting this error message after i try to log in onto kubuntu: no write acces for $HOME (/home/boesmans) KDE cannot start.

After that i got something like cannot start ksmserver.
any help would be appreciated

[dibl]

Re: cannot start

You might have run a KDE app as root and changed the permissions on user files. From the login menu choose "console login" and you should be able to log in. Once logged in, do this:

mv .kde .kde_bak

Then

sudo service kdm start

[Snowhog]

Re: cannot start

Or you can check on the ownership of two key 'hidden' files in your users home directory to see if they got changed to root.

Once logged in to a console, type:

ls -la /home/USER_NAME .*authority

where USER_NAME is your user logon name.

This will show you who is the owner of the following two files:

-rw------- 1 paul paul  0 2010-02-04 19:32 .ICEauthority
-rw------- 1 paul paul 583 2010-04-17 07:45 .Xauthority

They need to be owned by your user. If they show otherwise, then type:

cd /home/user
sudo chown user:user .*authority

replacing user with your user logon name.

[boesmans]

Re: cannot start

I can't log into console.. When i choose it, logon pages refresh but stays the same. If i log in, still same error

[Snowhog]

Re: cannot start

Reboot and from the Grub menu, select recovery mode. This will boot you into a console, running as root. From there, type:

cd /home/user

where user is your normal user login name. Then follow my previous post.

[boesmans]

Re: cannot start

I co not acces any console using recovery mode.. I just see a bunch of commands, last one ending like: starting NTP serverver ntpd

and it stays like that, doesn't change anymore. i tried using commands after a long time in that console-like screen but won't work

[toad]

Re: cannot start

When it stops try pressing the following:

CTRL+ALT+F6

This should get you into a shell.

[boesmans]

Re: cannot start

i'll have to try next weekend ill keep you updated thanks

[boesmans]

Re: cannot start

When I try ctrl alt F6 I get into a new black page, but I can't type anything.. When doing it with F1, I get back to the old recovery page. Others F's don't help either so I'm still stuck on getting a console -_-

[boesmans]

Re: cannot start

pf no one? I still can't fix it to get into console :s

[Snowhog]

Re: cannot start

Boot from the LiveCD. Mount the partition that contains your users /home. Then follow dibl's suggestion or mine.