Can't login via KDE

[alaren]

So, I just ran the auto-updater to try the 10.04 RC.

Everything appeared to work fine, and I rebooted and got to the login screen with no problem.

However, when I type my password, I see a white window appear briefly, then a black screen, then I get dumped back to the login screen. Removing home/.kde does not solve the problem. Creating new users and logging in with them results in the same symptom.

The only solution I've found is to log in via console, then run "startx." It brings me into KDE and all is well.

I don't even know where to begin fixing this.

[Lampi]

kdm has it's own logfile in /var/log/kdm - try having a look what's going on in there

[alaren]

This is what appears in that log file:

(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Apr 25 23:34:54 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using config directory: "/usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d"
QFont::fromString: Invalid description 'Serif,20,5,0,50,0'
QFont::fromString: Invalid description 'Sans Serif,10,5,0,50,0'
QFont::fromString: Invalid description 'Sans Serif,10,5,0,75,0'
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /tmp/0518865195/.config/ibus/bus
Bus:pen: Can not get ibus-daemon's address.
IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon
QFont::fromString: Invalid description 'Serif,20,5,0,50,0'
QFont::fromString: Invalid description 'Sans Serif,10,5,0,50,0'
QFont::fromString: Invalid description 'Sans Serif,10,5,0,75,0'
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /tmp/1298455037/.config/ibus/bus
Bus:pen: Can not get ibus-daemon's address.
IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon
ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

It's all Greek to me, any help would be appreciated. d^_^b

[Pavlo Solntsev]

$ sudo apt-get install ibus
$ibus-daemon -d

Check your log. Ibus daemon is not running. I think it is bug. I have got problem also with dragon and kaffeine players. I reported that bug.

Best.

[Mr. Wishes]

I have been getting the same problem. Installing and running ibus doesn't seem to have helped at all. I've tried logging in with a brand new user account in case some of my configuration files were wrong, but no luck. My kdm.log looks much like the one posted above.

At the moment I have more-or-less unusable system, so any help would be appreciated.

Edit: I should mention that I'm using the full release, not the RC as above.

[Bios Element]

Exact same problem here. Kubuntu is totally unusable for me now.

[Mr. Wishes]

More information:
I can't login with startx either - though there are no errors reported, it just gets killed at the same point.

According to apt-get, there is one package that is held back - kdegraphics-strigi-plugins.

I've tried installing gdm so that I can use my computer, but that's been a failure too, I can't choose a gnome session from the login manager, and choosing the kde session results in a black screen.

[Bios Element]

So has anyone filed a bug on this? Judging from a few searches, no one has actually found a solution to this problem.

[gasdia73]

Same problem here, I think people who upgraded are all stuck with this problem...

[Zorael]

And all packages look okay otherwise?

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
$ sudo aptitude update
$ sudo aptitude full-upgrade

The logs to check are /var/log/kdm (as mentioned above) as well as /var/log/Xorg.0.log. That Xorg.0.log file refers to the currently running session, so if you have X at the login screen you'll have to look at the last log instead; Xorg.0.log.old in the same directory.