KDE 4.2: cannot proceed beyond the login screen

English Install/Boot/Login
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I have encountered pretty bad one: right after a correct login, when KDE desktop starts up, it throws me back to the login screen. I can login as root though, and get fresh, new defaul-set desktop for the superuser, so it definitely must be up to certain configurations.

It began shortly after the update from KDE 4.1.3 to 4.2

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There’s probably some older plasmoid or plasma config item crashing the X-server, since you can login as root and it all works.

Try this:

  • At the login screen hit Ctrl-Alt-F1
  • login with normal username and password
  • type: rm ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma*
  • hit Ctrl-Alt-F7 to return to login screen
  • login
    You should see a fresh desktop. You’ll have to reimplement your personal adjustments, but all settings for programs renain.
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I got this same problem after updating from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2. I tried the proposed rm and no joy. The interesting part about this little update is that I didn’t even have the graphical login prompt installed on 4.2.1. It was an automatic login. After the update, I now have the graphical login that is never ending. :’( This is third time I installed SUSE11.1, after looonnnngggg hours of updating. At the same time I have been doing the setup to another computer I have. It is also interesting that no matter how hard I tried to keep the two the same, they are different, especially now. I have one that has never ending login but has been able to install some development tools on it, while the other computer doesn’t have the graphical login but I can not get the same development tools installed on it. rotfl!