[NTLUG:Discuss] Unable to log into KDE

[Gilbert Morrow]

http://askubuntu.com/questions/114807/how-to-revert-kde-to-its-default-settingsAn
explanation as to KDE. More --
https://www.google.com/search?q=remove+kde+folder+from+home+directory&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb


On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Wayne Dahl <w.dahl4 at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >> No electrons were abused in any way by any Microsoft product in the
> >> initial composition of sending of this email.
> >>
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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!
>
> --
> Wayne Dahl
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> initial composition of sending of this email.
>
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