Urgent advise needed. Only guest profile accesible, my own profile not.

[Valorie Zimmerman]

That seems like putting the cart before the horse. First, can you log in as
a new user? If so, and your old user account is still stuffed, then you
probably have a corrupted config file somewhere. Reinstalling won't fix
that.

Can you interrupt the boot process, and get into a console? If so, mv
~/.kde ~/.kde.old and try booting up again.

If all is well, you can try moving parts from .kde.old into your newly
created .kde file. Soon you should be back in business. Keep track of what
you are moving, and as soon as you encounter problems, you'll know what bit
was messed up.

Be sure to tell us how you get on.

All the best,

Valorie



On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to save my data via the Kubuntu 13.04 installation DVD
> together with an external HD? If so, I consider to alltogether reinstall
> the system after saving the data. My last backup is from 1 week ago.
>
>
> 2013/9/30 Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com>
>
>> I am wondering whether there is a way to UNinstall Firefox temporalily -
>> because that program has caused the troubles.
>>
>>
>> 2013/9/30 Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com>
>>
>>> Until a few versions ago, I would have troubleshooted via a terminal
>>> that I could open as superuser in the startup menu. But now, - Kubuntu
>>> 13.04- I do not see this terminal any more. At the laptop, there is just
>>> Kubuntu 13.04, not any other system.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/9/30 Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> Dear Everybody,
>>>>
>>>> something went terribly wrong, because of which I do not manage any
>>>> more to access my own user profile. Reason: at some moment after starting
>>>> up the system, the system freezes - probably because of a problem caused by
>>>> Firefox. Several times, I have tried to access my profile, but it gets
>>>> stuck every time now. Please, help - urgent advise needed.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>  Bas.
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Utrecht, NL, E. BasRoufs at gmail.com; Mob. +31 6 446 835 10;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>
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