KDE Doesn't work.

[catlover2]

Hi,
ever since i installed ubuntu 10.04 kde won't load,

it gets to the blue login screen with the five icons on it, i included a photo because i was not
able to take a screenshot, and then a black screen with a message about my
sound card not working,(in reality in works fine!) and if i press the power button it
gives me a logout screen.

any help welcome,

catlover

[GregBrannon]

What happens if you start KDE in fail-safe mode?

The driver KDE is using for your sound card may be causing a problem, so it appears to KDE that the sound card isn't working. Or it may be something completely different.

[catlover2]

ok,

sorry!

unrelated question,
i installed an update and it told me i needed to reboot.
i said yes and and it shut down and did not reboot, it said something about "Assuming drive cache write through"
and the screen went black.

i'm posting this from a livecd.

thanks,
catlover


p.s.

i don't remember a fail safe mode for kde, just gnome.

[catlover2]

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