KDE 4.1.1 won't boot

[G-Dub]

I just upgraded from KDE 4.1.0 to 4.1.1

I tried rebooting and I get this output:

Starting up...
Loading, please wait
usplash: setting mode 1152x864 failed
usplash: using mode 1024x768
kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/disk/by_uuid/177f375e-1ec7-4bec-9ca7-670ccbf75357)=sbd1 (8, 17)
kinit: trying to resume from /dev/disk/by_uuid/177f375e-1ec7-4bec-9ca7-670ccbf75357
kinit: No resume image, doing normal boot...

Ubuntu  8.04.1 ********-desktop tty1

********-desktop login:_

I tried fixing X in the recovery mode. Tried restarting KDE. I don't really know what to do here. PLEASE HELP!

[G-Dub]

it appears to be a problem with the usplash... should i try and change it? If so how can i do this entirely in Konsole.