KDE upgrade and installed updates now boots to command line (solved)

[mowens01]

I went through the steps to update to KDE 4.6 and installed some updates im not sure what all the updates were there was 240 of them now kubuntu boots straight to the command line. I get an error message that says cannot find kd4 themes (i think that is what it said). It asks for my login and password then after logging in it looks like I am in the terminal. Running asus eee pc intel d525 1.8gHz dual core atom. 250gb hdd, 2gb ram, NVidia ion graphics and dual boot Win7 home premium thanks for the help. I saw that someone else had a similar issue, but I did not understand what the suggestions were to fix it thanks again.

[doctordruidphd]

Re: KDE upgrade and installed updates now boots to command line

One person has successfully worked around this problem by logging into the console, and then editing /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc (you will need to use sudo and a terminal-based text editor). Change the line that says UseTheme=true to UseTheme=false
Then sudo service kdm stop followed by sudo service kdm start
It should also work at the next reboot.

[rfakhrai]

Re: KDE upgrade and installed updates now boots to command line

Yeah and I think the way to avoid this is to reject the new config file during the installation/setup process.

To clarify what doctordruidphd said:

sudo nano /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc

should allow you to edit the file

and follow the rest of his directions.

[doctordruidphd]

Re: KDE upgrade and installed updates now boots to command line

Yeah and I think the way to avoid this is to reject the new config file during the installation/setup process.

Right. As a general policy, I ALWAYS reject new config files during the install process. Usually the dialog will offer several options, including "show the differences between the two" and "start a new shell to examine the situation". I select the last one, and make a backup of the file that is to be changed. Then go back and "examine the differences". If I am still not sure, I will reject the changes. The new file will be installed with a "dpkg-new" suffix, or something like that, so you can go back and review the changes later, and decide which changes you want to use, and which ones you don't. This especially goes for GRUB files, where I have done a lot of customization, and don't want them completely overwritten.

Just a suggestion on how to make upgrades a little less "surprising."

[mowens01]

Re: KDE upgrade and installed updates now boots to command line (solved)

Thanks for the help I will definitely be more cautious about what updates I install. I am just glad there is so much help out there. i hope one day I will be able to help someone out.

[rfakhrai]

Re: KDE upgrade and installed updates now boots to command line (solved)

In this case, you didn't need to discriminate which packages to install. Installing all of them didn't break things. If you recall, during the installation/setup of the updates, a question was asked if you want to accept the new config file shipped by the manufacturer or keep your current config file. Doing doctordruidphd's method of backing up the old config file would've saved you the headache.

This happens rarely but almost always with the bleeding-edge stuff. Glad you're back up and running!