[kde-linux] kde problem after etch update

[Boyan Tabakov]

On 9.11.2006 00:18, Petrica Gasca wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> After a large update of my etch distribution
> (~120 MB) last night I cannot log into KDE anymore. When I type the
> username and the password, the screen flickers a bit, then becomes
> black, and then returns to the login screen without any message.
> I tried to reconfigure Xorg (dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg) but the result
> is the same. I created also a test user from the command line and tried
> back to log into KDE but I had the same result. Any suggestion would be of
> great help, as working only from the command line is interesting but not
> very productive. Thanks in advance.

Sounds like broken kdmrc or xorg.conf.
When you have a working configuration, backup these files and restore then 
upon update. This is also usefull if you have created some custom setup there 
and you don't want to lose it.

-- 
Blade hails you...

Dancing with the spirit of the air
In this ocean so open and fair
                       --Nightwish
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