I have not been able to log out but from shell. Solution was to remove gnome packages I was trying out. <div class="gmail_quote">On 14/10/2014 1:00 am, <<a href="mailto:kubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send kubuntu-users mailing list submissions to <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a> You can reach the person managing the list at <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com</a> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of kubuntu-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. kubuntu login fails (Sid Boyce) 2. Re: kubuntu login fails (Sid Boyce) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:54:44 +0100 From: Sid Boyce <<a href="mailto:sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk">sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk</a>> To: <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Subject: kubuntu login fails Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:543A9634.6080709@blueyonder.co.uk">543A9634.6080709@blueyonder.co.uk</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed" None of the suggested fixes in bug 1304805 work. I even tried root@sdrbox:~# ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4/ root@sdrbox:~# l /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4 total 4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Oct 12 15:47 bin -> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 5 02:03 plugins This is a big puzzle. I am fully updated on 14.04 and none of the workarounds fixes the problem. My post 2014-10-05 is the last entry in bug 1304805. root@sdrbox:~# ls -l /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qdbus ls: cannot access /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qdbus: No such file or directory root@sdrbox:~# ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qdbus -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 64920 Mar 12 2014 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qdbus root@sdrbox:~# root@sdrbox:~# dpkg -S /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4 libqtcore4:i386: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4 root@sdrbox:~# There is no /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4/bin directory ii qdbus 4:4.8.5+git192-g085f851+dfsg-2ubunt amd64 Qt 4 D-Bus tool root@sdrbox:~# dpkg -S /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4 libqtcore4:i386: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4 ii libqtcore4:i386 4:4.8.5+git192-g085f851+dfsg-2ubunt i386 Qt 4 core module Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On 12/10/14 15:54, Sid Boyce wrote: > None of the suggested fixes in bug 1304805 work. > I even tried > root@sdrbox:~# ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin > /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4/ > root@sdrbox:~# l /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4 > total 4 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Oct 12 15:47 bin -> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 5 02:03 plugins > > This is a big puzzle. I am fully updated on 14.04 and none of the > workarounds fixes the problem. > My post 2014-10-05 is the last entry in bug 1304805. > > root@sdrbox:~# ls -l /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qdbus > ls: cannot access /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qdbus: No such file > or directory > root@sdrbox:~# ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qdbus > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 64920 Mar 12 2014 > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qdbus > root@sdrbox:~# > > root@sdrbox:~# dpkg -S /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4 > libqtcore4:i386: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4 > root@sdrbox:~# > > There is no /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4/bin directory > > ii qdbus 4:4.8.5+git192-g085f851+dfsg-2ubunt amd64 Qt 4 D-Bus tool > > root@sdrbox:~# dpkg -S /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4 > libqtcore4:i386: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4 > > ii libqtcore4:i386 4:4.8.5+git192-g085f851+dfsg-2ubunt i386 Qt 4 core > module > > Regards > Sid. > -- > Sid Boyce ... 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