[Bug 182217] New: Can't log in after upgrading to KDE 4.2

[Hans Überacher]

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182217

           Summary: Can't log in after upgrading to KDE 4.2
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: lodp at gmx.net


Version:            (using KDE 4.2.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

I just upgraded my Kubuntu Intrepid (running what I think was KDE 4.1.2) to KDE
4.2, and ended up being unable to log in or do anything else.

I followed the instructions for Kubuntu 8.10 in the release note kubuntu.org:
Towards the end of the Adept upgrade process, I was asked to supply a new MySQL
root password, and whether I wanted to keep or replace my old kdmrc file (I
chose to replace it). After the upgrade was done I tried to log out, but that
wouldn't work. I hit ctrl+alt+backspace, and the Alt+E to restart X. From that
point on, I couldn't log in to KDE anymore. The login screen would accept my
user and pass, but then I'd only get a background image and a mouse cursor and
it stayed that way. Reboot didn't help either.

After much weeping and googling, I ran an apt-get upgrade from the command
line, which installed kdebase-workspace-data. Then I installed kubuntu-desktop,
which also installed kdebase-workspace-bin, after which KDE 4.2 started
normally.


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