Hi

Im having Kubuntu 8.10 64-bit on a PC.
Now all of a sudden I cant seem to login.
After entering the username & password, it shows the loading KDE 4.1 splash page - after it shows the first icon, it sort of restarts X and goes back to the login screen back again !

I did try updating to KDE 4.2 yesterday but that doesnt seem to have happened fully I guess.

I can login using console but what am I supposed to edit to get back login using GUI ?
Tried startx - a blank screen shows up with te mouse cursor and then back to console.

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anjanesh@be3:~$ startx


X.Org X Server 1.5.2
Release Date: 10 October 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-16-server x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux be3 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:28:32 UTC 2009 x86_64
Build Date: 24 October 2008 09:06:49AM
xorg-server 2:1.5.2-2ubuntu3 (build@crested.buildd)
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the full version.
Module Loader Present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Feb 1 11:32:02 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.config"

waiting for X server to shut down

anjanesh@be3:^$


.xsession-errors

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Xsession: X session started for root at Sun Feb  1 12:06:36 IST 2009
Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_IN.
Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default.
startkde: Starting up...
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-anjanesh" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/klauncher
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-anjanesh" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-anjanesh" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kded4
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-anjanesh" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4
kbuildsycoca4 running...
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-anjanesh" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4
kbuildsycoca4 running...
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-anjanesh" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-anjanesh" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kconf_update
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kcminit_startup
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-anjanesh" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/ksmserver
(5848)/ KStartupInfo::createNewStartupId: creating:  "be3;1233470197;631085;5848_TIME0" : "unnamed app"
ksmserver: error while loading shared libraries: libplasma.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
startkde: Shutting down...
klauncher: Exiting on signal 1
startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
startkde: Done.


This may have something to do with libplasma.so.3 ?
Thanks

You have two issues preventing KDE startup:

1) Your KDE Libraries installation appears to be damaged ( error loading shared libraries: libplasma.so.3: no such file )
2) You appear to be trying to use your normal environment when logging in as root ( Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-anjanesh" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. )

So how do I go about restoring ?
I can get into command line and connect to the internet.

These commands should suffice, assuming your repository configuration isn't broken:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

bcooksley wrote:These commands should suffice, assuming your repository configuration isn't broken:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get update|upgrade doesnt work

I logged in recovery mode and dpkg Repair broken packages.
KDE 4.2 is awesome !

Glad to hear you managed to fix your system. Could you please mark the thread as Solved? Thanks in advance.

Hello, I have pretty much the same problem, but in Mandriva 2009, had some problems before when trying to update the packages, but worked fine until today, does the same thing, tries to go, and then goes back to the login screen. is there something like dpkg Repair in mandriva?? thanks in advance for any suggestion.

Which KDE Version do you use or want to use (KDE 4.1, 4.2.0 or 4.2.1)?
Can you explain the problem in your own words?

Regards,
TeaAge

Hello, thanks for the quick response, I'm using KDE 4.1, the one that came with the distro, it was working fine, but this morning I tried to enter and normally it goes to the desktop right away, this time it showed the logon screen with the user names, so tried to enter my account, but as soon as a click in "login" screen turns off for about 1 second, then goes back to the logon screen. same thing happens with all the accounts, and even when trying fail safe mode. this happened about 1 week ago, but I decided to format the partition and reinstall. I don't think there has to be a fix for it, I don't want to format again..
thanks in advance

Maybe an important package for KDE is missing.
Try to install

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urpmi task-kde4-minimal


This will check all needed dependencies for KDE 4. If this doesn't help, start Mandriva in Failsave and start KDE manually with

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startkde


If it fails, what error messages are displayed? Maybe have a look at ~/.xsession-errors in your users home-folder.

Regards,
TeaAge

ok, right now I'm at work (he he he) so I can't do it right now, but will do it once I get home. thanks a lot and I'll post any result!

Hello, I got some news on this problem: when I got home I logged into failsafe, then tried
urpmi task-kde4-minimal
however, there's something wrong with the mandriva mirrors, because it failed with a message saying something about "aria 2 failed, returned with 1"; so tried to startkde, but it failed because display0 wasn't configured or something like that. The weird part is that after it rebooted, and logged fine to 3 out of the 4 accounts on the system, KDE 4 and everything, so tried to change the mirrors list to use the ones on kernel.org, then did again "urpmi task-kde4-minimal" and it returned fine, so tried to log in console mode to the problematic account, but had message "/var/lib/misc/group.db no such file or directory". restarted the system once again and everything worked fine, the 4 accounts. I don't know what happened, but it's working just fine now! any idea on what could happen?

Very weird.
In failsave you have no network, that's why you get the urpmi error.

That's all I can say you

Regards,
TeaAge

well, the importan thing is that it works fine now... even though it was very strange.. I also have another problem, but I'm not sure if should start a new thread.. I noticed this a while ago, since using KDE 3.x, and now in KDE 4, after some hours using the system, specially konqueror, hdd led on my system goes crazy, and it gets really slow, I have to reboot the system. it happened before on a laptop, and now on a desktop, but it's the same thing. the only thing I remember using when it happens is konqueror. could it be a setting on it?
thanks for any suggestion.