<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Jonas Norlander wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:b8d784880911180925l5018ccf7pa98f8e0322e23fac@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Richard Barmann <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:reb68@bellsouth.net"><reb68@bellsouth.net></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I installed Ubuntu 9.10 and had Kubuntu as a second session. Now it shows KDE in the se3ssion choices but goes back to the login window and will not open Kubuntu. I did notice that if I filled in the missing "en" in .kde/share/config/startupconfigfiles that Kubuntu will install, but that is a one time thing. Even though I save the change in the above mentioned files the file will go back to missing "en" See example "kdeglobals Locale Language 'en' # trigger requesting languages from KLocale /home/dick/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals" Thanks for any help. Dick </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> You could try to move your ~/.kde to .kde.org and log in again and KDE will recreate all setting files. This has happened to me a few times and it looks to be related to upgrades of KDE. You could also look in ~/.xsession-errors from a console for any clues after a failed login. / Jonas </pre> </blockquote> This is the error file I get when I try to install and open Kubuntu. ------------------------------------------ /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_US. Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default. startkde: Starting up... kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_klauncher.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kded4.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kbuildsycoca4.so kbuildsycoca4 running... "KConfigIni: In file /usr/share/kde4/services/searchproviders/lppeople.desktop, line 6: " "Invalid escape sequence "\{"." "KConfigIni: In file /usr/share/kde4/services/searchproviders/lppeople.desktop, line 6: " "Invalid escape sequence "\{"." "KConfigIni: In file /usr/share/kde4/services/searchproviders/lpblueprint.desktop, line 6: " "Invalid escape sequence "\{"." "KConfigIni: In file /usr/share/kde4/services/searchproviders/lpblueprint.desktop, line 6: " "Invalid escape sequence "\{"." kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kbuildsycoca4.so kbuildsycoca4 running... kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kconf_update.so Invalid D-BUS member name 'idle-hint' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'is-local' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'x11-display-device' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'x11-display' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'display-device' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'remote-host-name' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'session-type' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'unix-user' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection X Error: XSyncBadAlarm 157 Extension: 145 (Uknown extension) Minor opcode: 11 (Unknown request) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: XSyncBadAlarm 157 Extension: 145 (Uknown extension) Minor opcode: 11 (Unknown request) Resource id: 0x0 kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kglobalaccel.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kcminit_startup.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_ksmserver.so <unknown program name>(16540)/ KStartupInfo::createNewStartupId: creating: "dick-desktop;1258567574;36068;16540_TIME0" : "unnamed app" kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kconf_update.so kephald starting up XRANDR error base: 167 RRInput mask is set!! RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 115 1680 x 1050 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 116 1400 x 1050 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 117 1400 x 1050 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 118 1400 x 1050 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 119 1280 x 1024 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 120 1280 x 1024 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 121 1440 x 900 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 122 1440 x 900 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 123 1280 x 960 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 124 1360 x 768 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 125 1152 x 864 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 126 1152 x 864 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 127 1152 x 864 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 128 1024 x 768 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 129 1024 x 768 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 130 1024 x 768 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 131 832 x 624 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 132 800 x 600 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 133 800 x 600 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 134 800 x 600 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 135 800 x 600 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 136 640 x 480 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 137 640 x 480 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 138 640 x 480 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 139 640 x 480 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 140 720 x 400 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding crtc: 113 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding output: 114 Setting CRTC 113 on output "default" (previous 0 ) CRTC outputs: (114) Output name: "default" Output refresh rate: 60 Output rect: QRect(0,0 1680x1050) Output rotation: 1 XRandROutputs::init added output 114 adding an output 0 with geom: QRect(0,0 1680x1050) output: "SCREEN-0" QRect(0,0 1680x1050) 0 true true load xml connected: 1 looking for current "SCREEN-0" known "*" has score: 0.125 screen: 0 QRect(0,0 1680x1050) looking for a matching configuration... connected: 1 looking for current "SCREEN-0" known "*" has score: 0.125 found outputs, known: false activate external configuration!! registered the service: true screens registered on the bus: true outputs registered on the bus: true configurations registered on the bus: true kcminit_startup: Fatal IO error: client killed kdeinit4: Fatal IO error: client killed kdeinit4: sending SIGHUP to children. klauncher: Exiting on signal 1 kdeinit4: Fatal IO error: client killed kdeinit4: sending SIGHUP to children. kded4: Fatal IO error: client killed kglobalaccel: Fatal IO error: client killed kwin: Fatal IO error: client killed Qt-subapplication: Fatal IO error: client killed kdeinit4: sending SIGTERM to children. kdeinit4: Exit. Unexpected response from KInit (response = 0). startkde: Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation. No protocol specified Error: Can't open display: :0 Could not connect to D-Bus server: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoServer: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-mLuJJTmEvK: Connection refused startkde: Shutting down... kdeinit4_wrapper: Warning: connect(/home/dick/.kde/socket-dick-desktop/kdeinit4__0) failed: : No such file or directory Error: Can not contact kdeinit4! startkde: Running shutdown scripts... No protocol specified xprop: unable to open display ':0' No protocol specified xprop: unable to open display ':0' startkde: Done. kdeinit4: sending SIGTERM to children. kdeinit4: Exit. ------------------------------------------------------ Can someone a whole lot smarter than me please tell me what I need to do to get Kubuntu as one of me sessions. Thank you very much, Dick </body> </html>