13.10 upgrade to 14.10 no window manager kubuntu

[jordie9]

mem. 3.8 GiB
proc. Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU P7450 @ 2.13GHz × 2
graphics: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.4, 128 bits)
os. 64 bit

Hi. after upgrading to 14.10. I got a notice no window manager. I am unable to close windows, move windows, resize windows. I am also unable to fill or fill in things. Like giving my password. Right click to copy also does no work. I am unable to change raster/native chose in special effects.
Thanx for any help.

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[SeijiSensei]

Let's try rebuilding your KDE configuration first and see if that helps.

If you cannot log in at all, try this approach.

1) At boot, place the cursor on the Kubuntu entry and hit enter. Now choose the "recovery mode" entry for the most recent kernel; it should be second in the list.

2) You'll see lots of information appear on the screen followed by a menu. Choose "root shell."

3) The hard drive is marked read-only in this mode, so you'll need to run

mount -o remount,rw /
Note there is no space after the comma.

4) Now we'll move your old KDE installation out of the way:


cd /home/username
mv -f .kde .kde.old


5) Now type "exit" at the prompt. You'll be returned to the original menu. Choose "resume". You should now get the default KDE desktop.

[jordie9]

balogun@balogun-VGN-FW520F:~$ dmesg | grep drm
[ 1.185606] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 1.218523] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 1.218881] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (RV730 0x1002:0x9480 0x104D:0x9035).
[ 1.218906] [drm] register mmio base: 0xD0020000
[ 1.218907] [drm] register mmio size: 65536
[ 1.219049] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=512M, BAR=256M
[ 1.219051] [drm] RAM width 128bits DDR
[ 1.220474] [drm] radeon: 512M of VRAM memory ready
[ 1.220476] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
[ 1.253872] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072
[ 1.264780] [drm] Loading RV730 Microcode
[ 1.265279] [drm:rv770_startup] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware!
[ 1.281984] [drm:radeon_atombios_get_lvds_info] *ERROR* Bad LCD record 217
[ 1.282152] [drm] radeon atom DIG backlight initialized
[ 1.282155] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
[ 1.282156] [drm] Connector 0:
[ 1.282158] [drm] LVDS-1
[ 1.282159] [drm] Encoders:
[ 1.282161] [drm] LCD1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY2
[ 1.282162] [drm] Connector 1:
[ 1.282164] [drm] VGA-1
[ 1.282166] [drm] DDC: 0x7e40 0x7e40 0x7e44 0x7e44 0x7e48 0x7e48 0x7e4c 0x7e4c
[ 1.282167] [drm] Encoders:
[ 1.282169] [drm] CRT1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC1
[ 1.282170] [drm] Connector 2:
[ 1.282172] [drm] HDMI-A-1
[ 1.282173] [drm] HPD1
[ 1.282175] [drm] DDC: 0x7f10 0x7f10 0x7f14 0x7f14 0x7f18 0x7f18 0x7f1c 0x7f1c
[ 1.282176] [drm] Encoders:
[ 1.282178] [drm] DFP1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY
[ 1.282197] [drm] radeon: power management initialized
[ 2.244301] [drm] fb mappable at 0xC0040000
[ 2.244304] [drm] vram apper at 0xC0000000
[ 2.244305] [drm] size 5787648
[ 2.244307] [drm] fb depth is 24
[ 2.244308] [drm] pitch is 6400
[ 2.244402] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 2.907754] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[ 2.907774] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.34.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
[ 60.896068] Modules linked in: snd_hrtimer ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle bridge stp llc ebtable_nat ebtables rfcomm bnep binfmt_misc dm_crypt ip6t_REJECT xt_hl ip6t_rt nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ipt_REJECT xt_LOG xt_limit xt_tcpudp xt_addrtype nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_conntrack joydev ip6table_filter ip6_tables nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast nf_nat_ftp nf_nat nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack arc4 iptable_filter ip_tables iwldvm uvcvideo mac80211 x_tables videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_core videodev btusb bluetooth snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event microcode r592 snd_rawmidi iwlwifi psmouse snd_hda_codec snd_seq memstick serio_raw snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq_device cfg80211 snd_page_alloc snd_timer snd soundcore lpc_ich mac_hid sony_laptop parport_pc ppdev coretemp lp parport firewire_ohci radeon firewire_core crc_itu_t ahci libahci sdhci_pci i2c_algo_bit sdhci ttm drm_kms_helper sky2 drm video [last unloaded: zram]

[jordie9]

sorry did not see your post. will try now.

[SeijiSensei]

If you can get to a prompt, just move .kde. You don't need to use recovery mode.

[jordie9]

ok.. did as instructed. I can now fill in fields. but still cannot resize windows. And right clicking does nothing. thanx for the help. So far.

also open gl 2.0 with raster is working... :)

[jordie9]

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