On Wednesday 23 May 2007 13:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I have a big problem sincen the update on Monday evening, 21.5. > I use an aspire laptop with sid and kernel 2.6.20. > > When I tried to login at kdm after the update, after giving the user > and pass, the kde welcome-screen comes up. The start window with the > symbols showing what loads at the moment stopped at the second one (I > think "devices") for 30 seconds. After that I got my backround image > (without desktop icons) and a grey bottom-bar (where normally the > kde-taskbar is) and a moveable mouse cursor. Nothing more! No > interaction possible. I installed fvwm to use my programs. > > I tried it several times, sometimes it hangs completely at the second > symbol, blinking but nothing more. > > Is the reason a broken KDE, I have no explanation. > > The /var/log/kdm.log gave no help. > > Thanks, > > Kristian
I would suggest creating a new user on your system, and then logging in as that new user. If everything works, you should be able to 'reset' your kde settings by renaming your ~/.kde/ directory. Good luck, Anson Gardner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]