Re: [opensuse] kde 4.5.5 on openSUSE 11.2 just died after update

On Thursday 03 February 2011 12:16:19 Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
I just updated KDE to 4.5.5 on openSUSE 11.2. I get the kde login
screen, and I can log in to other desktops (ice for example). But when I
log in to KDE, the screen turns white and then black. I get an arrow
cursor. Nothing more. I can restart the X server with the ctrl-backspace
sequence. X is running. The cursor moves. I never get the KDE busy
cursor one sees when KDE is starting.

The repo KDE came from is:

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Release:/45/openSUSE_11.2/

The chipset is an ATI ES1000. It runs as a non 3D chip. Nothing fancy.

I forced a reinstall of the packages in this repo. No difference.

I tried adding a new user jic. No difference. I see (on a virtual
terminal) that many kde apps are running. But I cannot tell if one is
'stuck' or some important one is missing.

Of course I am at a remote site with limited time. Could it be any other
way? I am sure this is the same release of KDE that I am running on a
few other systems (different hardware of course). I did not expect a
problem.

Hi Roger

Tricky situation!

What last worked? Did you upgrade from 11.2's default KDE 4.3 to 4.5?

First get some verbose debug (if kwriteconfig doesn't work then the
installation is borked at a package consistency level).

kwriteconfig --file kdebugrc --key DisableAll false

Then I'd look at .xsession-errors or start KDE from a text console (export
WINDOWMANAGER=`which startkde`, startx -- :1) and look for complaints. Enable

I'm guessing kwin has a problem - see if the debug output is informative. Try
forcing compositing off (kwriteconfig --file kwinrc --group Compositing --key
Enabled true) then logging in. Or try starting a different window manager
inside the running session (icewm --replace).

HTH

Will

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