Re: [kde-linux] Can't login via kde - hangs when "initializing peripherals"

NFW!

New user - same problem
failsafe term then startkde - no problems
removing files in /var/tmp & /tmp -didn't help
removing font-cache-1 & ~/.ICEauthority didn't help

I'm stumped - anybody have any idea what to do next?
(other than a clean reinstall of FC5).

DS
--- David Scriven <davidwriter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

No one can login via KDE, but I haven't tried creating
a new user. There is no ~/.xsession-errors file under any
id.

I'll try your other ideas tomorrow.

DS
--- Andrew Walbran <qwandor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sunday 10 September 2006 9:51 am, David Scriven wrote:
I'm having problem on a machine which has been working well
until a week or so ago. Running Fedora Core 5 updated from 4 some
months ago. Machine is kept up to date and currently has version
3.5.4 of kde, kernel 2.6.17-1.2174, nvidia card using the livna
version of the drivers, version 8774.

When logging in under kde - it spends a long time at
"Initializing
peripherals" then there is some message, which appears too
briefly
to be seen, the screen blanks and then returns to the login
screen.

If I init 3, login via console & startx - kde works fine & goes
through
the "initializing peripherals" section very rapidly.

I can login in under gnome - no problem.

If I try and login as root in kde, I find that any subsequent
attempt
to login in (without a reboot) has problems because / has become
read-only, which I fix with a mount -o remount

I've tried deleting everything in /tmp & renaming ~/.kde -
doesn't
help. Nothing has been changed in the physical setup of this
machine
in years.

I'd be grateful for any help/advice as I have no idea what to do
next or where to look for the error as nothing seems to be
logged.
You could try looking in ~/.xsession-errors*.

Try deleting or renaming ~/.fonts.cache-1, ~/.ICEauthority, and
perhaps any
relevant files under /var/tmp/. Also, check for any files under
your
home
directory which are not owned by you.

Can other users on the same machine log in? What about if you
create
a
completely new user?

Another idea to try is to login to the 'failsafe' session, type
'startkde',
and watch for any helpful messages.

--
Andrew Walbran
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