Hello,
I need some pointers to how to analyse the following problem.
The graphical login screen is loaded just fine. Though very shortly after (a moment after the loading screen could be seen) it crashes back to the graphical login. And that happens no matter what wm I’m trying - gnome, kde3, kde4, e16, e17, even twm.
It happened after the logout after a zypper up yesterday morning. Looking through the list of what packages were upgraded (two machines, both last zypper up’ed last Sunday, checked on the second one after the problem with the first one), the only packages which might be responsible are kwin or qt4.
The graphics card seems to be fine (NVidia 9600), as it happens whether or not I use nv or the propietary driver. Also tried reinstalling it from the repo as well as using the binary blob from NVidia. Has been tested on Windows and games are running fine there, so it shouldn’t be the card.
What is strange, is that when calling upon sax2 -r from runlevel three, the initial screen loads nicely, but sax2 crashes back to the cli once one presses ‘Change Configuration’. No error messages are being printed.
Any pointers on how I can narrow down the cause (and get it fixed)?
Thank you.
Packages:
OpenSuSE 11.2 + KDE 4 factory & enlightenment & qt 4.6 repos
X.Org 7.4-35.3
Kwin 4.3.98-406.6
libqt4 4.6.1+4.6.20100202-1.1
Files updated (apart from some program packages, which aren’t installed on the other machine)
The following packages are going to be upgraded:
akregator amarok ark audacity cervisia dhcpcd digikam digikam-lang dolphin
dragonplayer ethtool gwenview kate kcachegrind kcalc kcharselect
kcolorchooser kcron kde3-kaffeine-lang kde4-kapptemplate
kde4-kgreeter-plugins kde4-l10n-devel kde4-style-bespin kdeartwork4
kdeartwork4-screensaver kdebase4 kdebase4-libkonq kdebase4-nsplugin
kdebase4-openSUSE kdebase4-runtime kdebase4-runtime-branding-openSUSE
kdebase4-runtime-xine kdebase4-workspace kdebase4-workspace-branding-openSUSE
kdebase4-workspace-google-gadgets kdebase4-workspace-ksysguardd kdegames4
kdegraphics4 kdelibs4 kdelibs4-branding-openSUSE kdelibs4-core kdemultimedia4
kdenetwork4-filesharing kdepasswd kdepim4 kdepim4-wizards kdepimlibs4 kdesdk4
kdf kdialog kdm kdm-branding-openSUSE kdnssd keditbookmarks kfind kfloppy
kgamma kget kgpg kile kile-lang kinfocenter kio_audiocd kio_iso kio_kamera
kio_svn kio_sysinfo kio_sysinfo-branding-openSUSE kipi-plugins
kipi-plugins-lang kiriki kiten kmag kmahjongg kmines kmix kmousetool kmplayer
knode knotes koffice2-l10n-en_GB koffice2-l10n-en_GB-doc kolourpaint kompare
konqueror konqueror-plugins konqueror-plugins-lang konsole kontact
konversation konversation-lang kopete korganizer kpat krdc krename kreversi
krfb kruler krusader krusader-doc ksame kscd kshisen ksnapshot kspaceduel
ksquares ksudoku ksystemlog kteatime ktimer ktuberling kwalletmanager
kweather kwikdisk kwin kwrite libakonadi4 libkcddb4 libkcompactdisc4
libkdcraw8 libkde4 libkdecore4 libkdegames4 libkdepim4 libkdepimlibs4
libkexiv2-8 libkipi7 libkonq5 libksane0 libopencv2 libphonon4 libqca2 libqt4
libqt4-qt3support libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-x11 libQtWebKit4
libsoprano4 libstrigi0 libtwolame0 libxine1 libxine1-aa libxine1-arts
libxine1-codecs libxine1-directfb libxine1-gnome-vfs libxine1-pulse
libxine1-sdl lokalize marble NetworkManager-gnome okteta okular phonon
phonon-backend-gstreamer-0_10 phonon-backend-xine python-kde4 python-qt4
qt4-qtscript skanlite soprano soprano-backend-redland
soprano-backend-virtuoso strigi sweeper sysconfig umbrello unscd
virtuoso-drivers virtuoso-server