Public bug reported:
Hi!
Since about 2 days ago I can't get to see a desktop when I start kde.
As a test, I just mved out of my home the .kde and ,kde4 directories
from my home and tried to start kde again. Same thing.
It all looks like it's going to start normally. I get the splash screen,
I get to hear the welcome sound, I even get to see some notifications at
the top of the screen (one of them says that some application crashed...
perhaps that's the problem), but the desktop.... at the end it's empty.
I can't get to kill it with alt+e or alt-ctrl-backspace. I have to get
to the VTs (alt-ctrl-Fx does work... at least) and restart kdm to kill
my session. Also, I can use the alt-F2 combination. That's how I started
ksnapshot to get the picture I'm sending along with this bug.
Here's the list of processes running on the computer right now.
$ ps axf
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
2 ? S< 0:00 [kthreadd]
3 ? S< 0:00 \_ [migration/0]
4 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ksoftirqd/0]
5 ? S< 0:00 \_ [watchdog/0]
6 ? S< 0:00 \_ [events/0]
7 ? S< 0:00 \_ [khelper]
10 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kstop/0]
144 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kintegrityd/0]
146 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kblockd/0]
148 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kacpid]
149 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kacpi_notify]
208 ? S< 0:00 \_ [cqueue]
215 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata/0]
216 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata_aux]
217 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ksuspend_usbd]
222 ? S< 0:00 \_ [khubd]
225 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kseriod]
231 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kmmcd]
237 ? S< 0:00 \_ [btaddconn]
238 ? S< 0:00 \_ [btdelconn]
287 ? S 0:00 \_ [pdflush]
289 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kswapd0]
331 ? S< 0:00 \_ [aio/0]
347 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ecryptfs-kthrea]
528 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_0]
531 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_1]
555 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_2]
558 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_3]
629 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kstriped]
632 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kmpathd/0]
633 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kmpath_handlerd]
634 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ksnapd]
637 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kondemand/0]
643 ? S< 0:00 \_ [krfcommd]
1353 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kjournald]
1909 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kpsmoused]
2350 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kjournald]
2370 ? S< 0:00 \_ [loop0]
2371 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kjournald]
6064 ? S 0:00 \_ [pdflush]
1 ? Ss 0:01 /sbin/init
1482 ? S<s 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon
2369 ? Ss 0:01 /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g /dev/sda2 /media/hda2 -o rw,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46
2650 tty4 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4
2651 tty5 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5
2657 tty2 Ss 0:00 /bin/login --
5230 tty2 S+ 0:00 \_ -bash
2661 tty3 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
2662 tty6 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty6
2769 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/acpid -c /etc/acpi/events -s /var/run/acpid.socket
2848 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/syslogd -u syslog
2869 ? S 0:00 /bin/dd bs 1 if /proc/kmsg of /var/run/klogd/kmsg
2871 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/klogd -P /var/run/klogd/kmsg
2892 ? Ss 0:01 /bin/dbus-daemon --system
2980 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe
3022 ? Sl 0:01 \_ /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --sk
3024 ? S 0:00 \_ logger -p daemon.err -t mysqld_safe -i -t mysqld
3097 ? S 0:00 ddclient - sleeping for 280 seconds
3163 ? S<s 0:00 dhclient3 -e IF_METRIC=100 -pf /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.eth0.leases eth0
3227 ? S<s 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd
3248 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/uml_switch -unix /var/run/uml-utilities/uml_switch.ctl
3418 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/winbindd
3443 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/winbindd
3502 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon
3681 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/bluetoothd
3743 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --pid-file /var/run/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.pid
3754 ? S 0:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log
3757 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nm-system-settings --config /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
3767 ? Ss 0:00 avahi-daemon: running [parrados.local]
3768 ? Ss 0:00 \_ avahi-daemon: chroot helper
3791 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd
3872 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd
3900 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
3926 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
4004 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
4005 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
4006 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
4007 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
4008 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
7408 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald
7409 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-runner
7441 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event1 /dev/input/event0 /dev/input/event3
7530 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sr0 (every 2 sec)
7533 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-storage: no polling on /dev/fd0 because it is explicitly disabled
7537 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
7934 tty1 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty1
9182 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/kdm
9184 tty7 Rs+ 0:38 \_ /usr/bin/X -br -nolisten tcp :0 vt7 -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-yEQmNh
9218 ? S 0:00 \_ -:0
9249 ? Ss 0:00 \_ xterm -class UXTerm -title uxterm -u8 -geometry +1+1
9367 pts/0 Ss+ 0:00 \_ bash
9224 ? Ss 0:00 //bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
9225 ? S 0:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch feadd202c0e1c5bcf09a3300462993fd --binary-syntax --close-stderr
9385 pts/0 Sl 0:06 konsole
9393 pts/1 Rs 0:00 \_ /bin/bash
9410 pts/1 T 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /usr/bin/startkde
9511 pts/1 T 0:00 | \_ kwrapper4 ksmserver
9899 pts/1 Sl 0:35 \_ /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.7/firefox
9974 pts/1 R+ 0:00 \_ ps axf
9389 ? Ss 0:00 //bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
9390 pts/0 S 0:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch feadd202c0e1c5bcf09a3300462993fd --binary-syntax --close-stderr
9447 ? Ss 0:00 //bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
9448 pts/1 T 0:00 dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session
9456 ? Sl 0:00 kded4
9512 ? Sl 0:00 ksmserver
9514 ? Sl 0:00 \_ kwin
9529 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/kwrited
9533 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/bin/nepomukserver
9537 ? S 0:02 \_ /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukstorage
9538 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukqueryservice
9539 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukontologyloader
9540 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukmigration1
9542 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukfilewatch
9534 ? Sl 0:01 /usr/bin/knotify4
9607 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/kaccess
9615 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/krunner
9619 ? S 0:00 python /usr/bin/printer-applet
9620 ? S 0:00 python /usr/bin/update-notifier-kde
9622 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/klipper
9623 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/kblueplugd
9625 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/kmix
9626 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/policykit-kde
9878 ? Ss 0:00 kdeinit4: kdeinit4 Running...
9879 ? S 0:00 \_ klauncher
9882 ? S 0:00 kded4
9891 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/knotify4
9905 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2
9946 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/sbin/packagekitd
9949 ? S 0:03 python /usr/lib/packagekit/aptDBUSBackend.py
9966 pts/1 S 0:00 klipper
How can I get my desktop back? Thanks in advance.
** Affects: meta-kde4 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Jaunty: Can't get to a desktop
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/342817
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