Updated from 11.2 to 11.4.
At KDM GUI login I am getting error, evere error
contact your administrator and am unable to login.
Trying different DE’s yields same result.
However, if I select Menu>Console login and login,
then do a ‘startx’ the DE environment launches just
fine.
Any ideas?
I have had similar issues first time logging in after updates on occasion.
At the GUI Greeter screen (login GUI), try explicitly selecting Session Type-KDE Plasma desktop.
Seems some updates leave no “default” session type set; this has helped me.
>
> At the GUI Greeter screen (login GUI), try explicitly selecting Session
> Type-KDE Plasma desktop.
I cannot explicitly select any of the session types, they all give the same
error. Only way to get to a desktop is Menu>Console Login, after login type
startx.
GofBorg wrote:
>>
>> At the GUI Greeter screen (login GUI), try explicitly selecting Session
>> Type-KDE Plasma desktop.
>
> I cannot explicitly select any of the session types, they all give the
> same
> error. Only way to get to a desktop is Menu>Console Login, after login
> type startx.
Since you updated from 11.2 I would check if your repositories are all 11.4
now by reviewing the output of
zypper lr -d
as first step. Then check the version of your kdm with
rpm -q kdm
as a second step.
Also a “zypper verify” as root can find if there are some inconsistencies
and will try to provide solutions if it detects them. But try that after you
checked the repositories that there are no left overs from the previous 11.2
install.
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PC: oS 11.3 64 bit | Intel Core2 Quad Q8300@2.50GHz | KDE 4.6.4 | GeForce
9600 GT | 4GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.6.4 | nVidia
ION | 3GB Ram
No help in kdm.log which is what the error says to check.
X.Org X Server 1.6.5
Release Date: 2009-10-11
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
Current Operating System: Linux tab1 2.6.31.14-0.8-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT
2011-04-06 18:09:24 +0200 i686
Build Date: 23 September 2010 03:43:55PM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (–) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: “/var/log/Xorg.0.log”, Time: Fri Jul 1 11:43:38 2011
(==) Using config file: “/etc/X11/xorg.conf”
QFont::fromString: Invalid description ‘Serif,20,5,0,50,0’
QFont::fromString: Invalid description ‘Sans Serif,10,5,0,50,0’
QFont::fromString: Invalid description ‘Sans Serif,10,5,0,75,0’
GofBorg wrote:
> X.Org X Server 1.6.5
This is not a X server version from 11.4!
Seems you have a mixture of 11.2 and 11.4 now.
–
PC: oS 11.3 64 bit | Intel Core2 Quad Q8300@2.50GHz | KDE 4.6.4 | GeForce
9600 GT | 4GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.6.4 | nVidia
ION | 3GB Ram
martin_helm wrote:
> GofBorg wrote:
>
>> X.Org X Server 1.6.5
> This is not a X server version from 11.4!
> Seems you have a mixture of 11.2 and 11.4 now.
No idea why though. 
In any case it is working.
Thanks. zypper verify allowed me to pinpoint the source
of the problem. I had install Novell Client 2 for Linux
and it was missing a libfd.so something or other. I just deinstalled
the client and it has fixed my kdm issue.
I still cannot launch ‘Software Repositories’ or ‘Software Management’ apps
per my other post.
For the record here is current output of zypper verify:
zypper verify
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
Dependencies of all installed packages are satisfied.
I just made a fresh install and: