[NTLUG:Discuss] Unable to log into KDE

[Wayne Dahl]

On 01/27/2014 11:41 PM, Gilbert Morrow wrote:
> If you don't format /home KDE remembers settings as it caches data there.
> What file system? cxt2, 3,4 etc...? Use to you could delete the KDE file in
> /home and KDE would rebuild out on reinstall, but haven't had to do that in
> a while so don't know if it will still work.
> On Jan 27, 2014 7:52 PM, "Wayne Dahl" <w.dahl4 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I've had an issue with my computer.  I installed Kubuntu 13.04 on a
>> fairly new computer I've built on 2 separate hard drives, one with the
>> OS and one with /home.  It was unstable, locking up to the point that
>> the only way I could do anything with it was a hard reset.  After one of
>> these episodes, upon reboot and after a hard drive check run by Kubuntu,
>> the login prompt comes up for KDE, but when I put in my password for my
>> username, it acted like it was going to log in only to return to the
>> login prompt.  I could put in a wrong password and it would tell me it
>> was wrong.  I put in my correct password and it would chew on it for a
>> few seconds, look like it was going to log in and then return promptly
>> to the login propt with no error message.
>>
>> Thinking something got hosed in the install and, because the
>> installation across the two hard drives was unstable (I think the OS
>> drive has something wrong with it...I haven't used it in a very long
>> time), I reinstalled on the same drive the /home partition is on, which
>> is how it was installed in an old tower I had that had the motherboard
>> crap out in it.  Long story short, after reinstalling on the same hard
>> drive that it worked flawlessly on before, I still can't log in.  I get
>> the KDE login screen, put in my password and get the same behavior as
>> before, it goes right back to the login screen with no errors.
>>
>> I'm sure this is probably something simple, but I really have no idea
>> what to look for on this one.  Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Wayne Dahl
>>
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Ok, here's an update.  It looks like the problem is with my user login. 
I can login as a guest with no password and it works just fine, so KDE
itself doesn't appear to be broken.  Any idea where to go from here? 
I've heard before about deleting the .kde directory from my /home and
letting KDE rebuild it.  Is that a viable possibility?  If so, what
would the ramifications be?

In answer to your questions above, it's EXT3 filesystem.

Thanks for any elp you can give!

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Wayne Dahl
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