11.1/KDE 4.2 Install - KDM gone

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#1

I had OpenSuSE 11.1 64-bit and KDE 3.5 (active) and KDE 4.1.3 (not used). After KDE 4.2 have been released, I have installed it (from factory repo). However, my KDM login screen have gone, and I cannot switch session to KDE 4.2. Oddly enough, after KDM fails, I can still start KDE 3.5 with “startx”.

Anyone have a clue what might go wrong?

Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s).

#2

macguru wrote:

>
> I had OpenSuSE 11.1 64-bit and KDE 3.5 (active) and KDE 4.1.3 (not
> used). After KDE 4.2 have been released, I have installed it (from
> factory repo). However, my KDM login screen have gone, and I cannot
> switch session to KDE 4.2. Oddly enough, after KDM fails, I can still
> start KDE 3.5 with “startx”.
>
> Anyone have a clue what might go wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s).
>
>

Not seen this here but you can have a look in Yast>System>/etc/sysconfig
editor and see what is set for the window manager, should be:

startkde4

Also default desktop manager should be:

kdm4

HTH

–
Mark

Nil illegitimi carborundum

#3

Thanks a lot for reply! I have sysconfig values DISPLAYMANAGER -> kdm4 and DEFAULT_WM -> kde. But the problem is not that I cannot start x.org or KDE, but broken KDM. KDM is unable to present list of login users and list of WMs at startup.

#4

I have checked kdm.log messages and found these error alerts:

/usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/kdm_greet: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libkdeui.so.5: undefined symbol: _ZN7QTabBar9hideEventEP10QHideEvent

/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/read_sysconfig.sh: line 75: pam-config: command not found

rpm -qf /usr/lib64/libkdeui.so.5
libkde4-4.2.0-83.1

rpm -qf /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/read_sysconfig.sh
kde4-kdm-4.2.0-183.3

Both packages have been reinstalled, nothing changed. pam-config RPM package IS installed.

#5

macguru wrote:

>
> I have checked kdm.log messages and found these error alerts:
>
> /usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/kdm_greet: symbol lookup error:
> /usr/lib64/libkdeui.so.5: undefined symbol:
> _ZN7QTabBar9hideEventEP10QHideEvent
>
> /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/read_sysconfig.sh: line 75: pam-config:
> command not found
> --------------------------
> rpm -qf /usr/lib64/libkdeui.so.5
> libkde4-4.2.0-83.1
>
> rpm -qf /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/read_sysconfig.sh
> kde4-kdm-4.2.0-183.3
>
> Both packages have been reinstalled, nothing changed. pam-config RPM
> package IS installed.
>
>

There was a post on the groups a while ago about a similar prob, the
answer was to re-install the kde-session and the kde libraries only
but that was for KDE4.1.3 IIRC

YMMV

HTH

Mark

Nil illegitimi carborundum

#6

I dont know if I’m facing the same problem…but I installed KDE 4.2 through Stephan Binner’s Live CD on kde.org. I get a KDM which looks the same as for KDE3. I’ve checked my KDM packages and they’re all KDE4 and not KDE3.

I tried looking for the packages, the previous poster, had mentioned…but couldn’t find any. Any help?

-Anshul

#7

I’ve face the same problem due to upgrading from KDE 4.1.3 to KDE 4.2.x, but the command startx worked flawlessly. I’ve managed to solve the issue by issuing two commands:

  1. Renaming .kde4 to .kde4-old.
  2. As root Changing directory to /tmp and Deleting KDE and Xorg and ICEWM related stuff.

I’ve told to my installation to clear the /tmp directory upon every reboot.

Hope this helps.