[SLE] could not start kstartupconfig

Hello,
I am after installing OpenSuse 10.1 on my Toshiba Tecra S1 laptop.
I have installed it on two partitions:
/ mounts on /dev/hda6 (formatted as ext3)
/home mounts on /dev/hda5 (formatted as ext3, encrypted).
I am using KDE.

As it boots, I must provide the password for the /home partition.
I created a normal user, copied some files etc. and shutdown normally.
When I rebooted, and login as that user, if I give the wrong password
it reports "login failed", and if I give the correct password it
reports "could not start kstartupconfig. Check your installation",
and after I press "Okay", I am brought back to the login screen.
I can login as root.
I see that the home directory for that normal user is not present, and
lost+found is empty.
I note that on doing df it reports on the filesystem udev.
This is the second time that this has occurred – last time I simply reinstalled.
I could not recover the data, but I had backups.


I have created another user, rebooted, and evreything went OK.
But I am very nervous that the same thing will occur again.
Is the problem something to do with the filesystem being encrypted?
Any ideas?

John

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