kde problem on gutsy

[Kaj Haulrich]

On Friday 26 October 2007 12:09:33 pkaplan1 at comcast.net wrote:
> I just did a mostly clean install of gutsy.  As in previous
> "upgrades", I allowed the installer to reformat / partition while
> leaving intact the /home partition.  Thus all my user directories
> are preserved intact.  Now however, I can't login to one of my
> user accounts through kdm.  After entering the username and
> password, I get an error window (an unadorned X dialog box)
> telling me that startkdeconfig won't run (don't recall the exact
> wording).  After selecting the OK button to clear the dialog box,
> the system thinks for a few seconds and then dumps me back to the
> kdm login screen.  I can login to the same account using another
> window manager, and I've tried renaming the .kde directory, but
> no luck, I still can't get this account to start kde.  Since I'm
> writing this from another (new to gutsy) account, there's nothing
> apparently wrong with the kde installation.
>
> Any ideas how to get back to kde on the first account?
> Paul

Looks like a mismatch on the user's UID numbers.  Try:
System Settings --> User Management
and correct as needed.

Kaj Haulrich.
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