Black screen now after login

[tecnica]

I am not sure if this is a bug or what.
My system was working fine, then I shut it down.
Came back and turned it on 1hr later,and this happens.

I get the log in screen, hdd icons load, kde etc.. the screen
just has a movable cursor, and chrome opens which is what I am using right now.
However but there is no desktop? If I close google chrome right now, and it will just be a black with mouse cursor.
as you can see from the image below.

[tecnica]

Weird yet lucky that you can still use chrome.
I assume you already tried another reboot?

In case you want to restart are missing a way to do so, press Alt + Ctrl + F4 and log in on the console that's shown.
Then you can type the command for a reboot:

sudo shutdown -r now

Or,
Does Alt + F2 give you a small command line at the top of your screen?
If so, type in Dolphin and hit Enter to start the file manager.

Show the hidden files by Alt + . (that's a dot)
Go to ~/.kde, right klick it and rename it to say, .kde.old

Next time you reboot a new . kde configuration will be created, hopefully resulting in a regular screen.

I tried what to mentioned above, I am back to the desktop as normal.
But before declaring this issue resolved, I will wait a few because this install has had a mind of it's own.
I do appreciate the help.

[tecnica]

I am now wondering if this version is actually stable.
The computer was functioning, as normal all afternoon.
This morning I went to turn it on, received some KDE error
in the desktop. I rebooted, and I am now back to, the black screen.

I read online, that others have experienced, this very same issue.
So I am going to load 12.04, and see if it works out better.
It's frustrating at this point.

[tecnica]

So far you haven't mentioned what 'this version' is.
With a very well working 14.04 Beta I don't see any reason to go with a two years old distro like 12.04...

Kubuntu 13.10

[tecnica]

It's an asus g51vx laptop
geforce gta 260m
4gig ram
dual core intel

http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrab...specifications

[vinnywright]

This morning I went to turn it on, received some KDE error
in the desktop. I rebooted, and I am now back to, the black screen.

.

the error may have been good to remember ,,,,,,,,,13.10 is stable it was running fine @hear for a long time ,,,I just upgraded it to 14.04 a week or so ago .

can you boot up to the login screen then press ctrl+alt+F6 log in to the TTY and run

sudo lshw | less

keep pressing enter to go line by line through all the output untill you get to display ,,,,see what driver is being used .

wile their (in the TTY) do a

df -h

and see if you drive is almost full .

go back to the GUI login ctrl+alt+F7 and login ,,,,if you get a blank screen ,,,press ctrl+alt+F6 to get back to the TTY and run

tail -n50 /var/log/dmesg

and look for errors

VINNY

[tecnica]

the error may have been good to remember ,,,,,,,,,13.10 is stable it was running fine @hear for a long time ,,,I just upgraded it to 14.04 a week or so ago .

can you boot up to the login screen then press ctrl+alt+F6 log in to the TTY and run

sudo lshw | less

keep pressing enter to go line by line through all the output untill you get to display ,,,,see what driver is being used .

wile their (in the TTY) do a

df -h

and see if you drive is almost full .

go back to the GUI login ctrl+alt+F7 and login ,,,,if you get a blank screen ,,,press ctrl+alt+F6 to get back to the TTY and run

tail -n50 /var/log/dmesg

and look for errors

VINNY

If it comes back I will follow your instructions, I gave in and ended up doing a fresh install again.