Cannot login after update

[thatsPipe]

After today's update, I can no longer log into my kde desktop. My computer boots up fine and loads kdm but once I enter my password and hit enter, the screen goes black for a moment and then just goes back to the kdm login screen again.

I have an NVidia card that I compile the drivers myself but they don't appear to be the problem (I tried several different versions that I have saved on my computer but no difference.) I'm figuring this is not something wrong with my graphics drivers but probably with kdm or kde itself.

Checking /var/log/syslog after attempting to login shows the following:

localhost kdm_greet[6102]: Cannot load /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face

I've also tried starting kde from the tty using 'startx' but no luck. It just comes back to the commandline with the last line saying 'ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log' The only error that I see in /var/log/Xorg.0.log is:

(EE) Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: failed to initialize for relative axes.

Checking out /var/log/kdm.log I found the following lines:

(EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (module does not exist, 0)
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
(EE) Logitech G9x Laser Mouse: failed to initialize for relative axes.
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
(EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard
[config/dbus] couldn't register object path
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server



Anybody have any ideas of what is wrong? I need to get this computer back up and running ASAP.

[thatsPipe]

So I installed the 'ubuntu-desktop' package with aptitude and was able to log into a gnome desktop through gdm. Trying to login to gnome with kdm resulted in the same behavior (black screen for a sec then back to kdm). Logging into kde from gdm works so I'm pretty certain at this point that the problem is with kdm itself.

At this point, its not a huge issue that I need to use gdm instead of kdm but does anybody have any ideas for debugging this issue? I've tried reinstalling kdm from the commandline ('aptitude reinstall kdm') but no luck.

[Rumtum Tugger]

I have the same problem, but why call it "not a big issue"? I consider a problem that renders a system totally unusable as fairly critical!

Regards,
Tugger

So I installed the 'ubuntu-desktop' package with aptitude and was able to log into a gnome desktop through gdm. Trying to login to gnome with kdm resulted in the same behavior (black screen for a sec then back to kdm). Logging into kde from gdm works so I'm pretty certain at this point that the problem is with kdm itself.

At this point, its not a huge issue that I need to use gdm instead of kdm but does anybody have any ideas for debugging this issue? I've tried reinstalling kdm from the commandline ('aptitude reinstall kdm') but no luck.

[carlosfehr]

I get the same problem in my laptop, that was working pretty well, after this morning update, and I cannot log into kde...
anybody has some idea wath's happening?
It has some relation with the nvidia drive or is only a problem with kdm!??
Any ideas welcome
I made dpkg-reconfigure kdm... and nothing good
also i made service kdm... and nothing...

any help around
regards

[carlosfehr]

Hello
I reached to start the machine via startx, and I found some problems with xsane, and some crashings with konqueror,inxsane didn't recognize the scanner, but i reached to by changing the permissions to the usb, (today I did it again).
This only in case that can help to the people to reach the bug.
but the login screen dont let me go further.. it crashes to the black screen!!!
thanks
carlos

[miscojones]

I have the same problem after yesterday's "automatic update"...
I shutted down the PC and this morning...: TA-DAAAA!" Can't login on my user account

As I have created another (desktop only) user some days ago, I could login with that second one with no problem, but my "first choice" user remains looping between login screen -blank secren-login screen

This kind of problems make me think that K.K. is at BETA yet, and I feel like a guinea pig.......

I have never had such kind of problems with J.J. even after all those updates.

It's a problem only related to the new "Login Interface"

For the guys at UBUNTU, on behalf of this "so marvelous" new login screen (I've never seen such a stkinking graphics before) "when something works fine.......DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING!"

I've to leave you, pals...I need to reboot with WINDOWS, in order to have my profile working . damnit!

I'll make some tries this afternoon and if I catch a glimpse on anything, I'll post here.

Really annoyed.
Me