11.4 upgrade to KDE4.6.2 resets login screen - can't login

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#1

Hi,

Has anyone tried upgrading 11.4 to the latest SC 4.6.2 packages?

Steps I did was installing a super clean fresh 11.4 64-bits from DVD, using no other repos than the standard ones.
Then I added KDE4.6 Upgrades repo and I went to Yast and selected SWITCH PACKAGES from the repo installation list to those in KDE4.6 Upgrades. I used the following web page to guide me Install KDE4.6 in openSUSE!

But then when I come back to KDM and enter my PW, a second after I press enter it reverts back to KDM screen, no errors. I checked Xorg.0.log file and I found stuff regarding NOUVEAU driver, so I decided to start all over again but install proprio drivers of nVIDIA before performing the 4.6.2 upgrade.
Same result.

I then tried selecting packages myself from the upgrade repo, same result. I also tried the switch packages function but then manually removing KDM 4.6.2 and keep 4.6.0, same result…

I don’t know where to look for to troubleshoot that.

Any thoughts?

tnx

#2

Can you just confirm that no issues exist immediately post install when logging in? kde4.6.0 is working fine?

#3

Oh yes, absolutely, I have no problem logging in 4.6.0 and working inside.

#4

I can confirm that, it happened to me too.
A very simple work around for me was(not much time to debug/dig more), logged into IceWM, open dolphin or any file manager, go to your home dir and rename .kde4 folder, log out and log back in to your normal desktop. I assume this is fresh installation for you.
OR, in terminal mode:

mv ~/.kde4 ~/.kde4_old

Best of luck.

#5

Hmm, unfortunately that did not change anything for me.

How interesting though, a Failsafe KDE4.6.2 login does work perfectly!
So it’s something used for normal session that Failsafe session does not use.

#6

Once you log in for the first time with failsafe you should be able to login with the normal “KDE Plasma Workspace” again which works for me.

#7

Yes I tried that but it’s funny the KDE Plasma Workspace and KDE Plasma Workspace (Failsafe) both log me in as Failsafe session…
Then if I use Default as the session type, I get that KDM screen reset again.
Weird…

I checked ~/.xsession-errors and there was something about INPUT_METHOD being invalid, not sure that’s the reason…

#8

If you create a new user can you login with that?

#9

Same result, it resets the KDM screen after a short blank screen, I never see the progress bar.

The .xsession-errors file of the new user I created is empty.

#10

Looks like you should stick with 4.6.0

#11

this post was the solution for me

#12

This solved it for me, too. Thanks a lot!