Bug 182217

Summary:	Can't log in after upgrading to KDE 4.2
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Hans Überacher <lodp>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Hans Überacher 2009-01-28 23:14:40 UTC

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.

Comment 1 Pino Toscano 2009-01-29 00:15:04 UTC

We do not handle distro packages, so please report the missing dependency to your distro.