[Bug 281950] Re: KDE Cannot start from kdm or gdm

[Tim Holmes]

Someone suggested this was  adriver problem with the intel 82865 drivers --
beeter check that

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:20 AM, Jonathan Riddell
<jriddell at ubuntu.com>wrote:

> Setting back to New, not yet fixed.
>
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> ** Changed in: kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
>       Status: Fix Released => New
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> KDE Cannot start from kdm or gdm
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281950
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> Status in "kdebase-workspace" source package in Ubuntu: New
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> Bug description:
> i have a system which i upgraded via internet from 8.06 (hardy) to 8.10
> (intrepid) - -the system was originally built as a ubuntu (gnome) machine,
> then had fluxbox added and run as that for a time.  some time later i
> installed the kubuntu meta-package and ran it for a time as kubuntu - -the
> upgrade went fine - -expcept that when i try to login to kde - i can enter
> the username and password, and the login box clears and the icons begin to
> fade in representing the kde startup - -the first is a hard disk icon - then
> a pair of crossed tools (screwdriver and pliars maybe? i dont remember) at
> that point the screen blanks and returns to the login screen.  i tried
> switching to GDM with the same result.
>
> Due to this result - i suspected a bad install of kubuntu -- so i installed
> a new hdd and tried to install from a downloaded cdrom -- the sam error
> sequence resulted -- except, since the live CD does not require login, it
> just keeps looping through the fading icons.
>
> The machine is an Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.0ghz with 1Gb memory and a 40gb hdd
>
> someone in one of the IRC chans asked which video card im running - -its an
> Intel 82865 integrated graphics controller.
>

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KDE Cannot start from kdm or gdm
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