[gentoo-user] New install on x86 and login to KDE fails

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I mentioned in a thread a week or so ago that I was going to install 
Gentoo on another box for a friend.  Anyway, I got everything done and 
now I run into this problem.  I found a thread on the forums but it 
seems to have just fixed itself.  That's not working here tho.  This is 
the xsessions error file for the user:

startkde: Starting up...
Connecting to deprecated signal 
QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
kbuildsycoca4 running...
No outputs have backlight property
QDBusConnection: name 'org.kde.kglobalaccel' had owner '' but we thought 
it was ':1.5'
Object::connect: No such signal QDBusAbstractInterface::DeviceAdded(QString)
Object::connect: No such signal 
QDBusAbstractInterface::DeviceRemoved(QString)
Object::connect: No such signal 
QDBusAbstractInterface::DeviceAdded(QDBusObjectPath)
Object::connect: No such signal 
QDBusAbstractInterface::DeviceRemoved(QDBusObjectPath)
Object::connect: No such signal 
QDBusAbstractInterface::DeviceChanged(QDBusObjectPath)
QStringList 
Solid::Backends::UDisks::UDisksManager::allDevicesInternal()  error:  
"org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed"
kded(4259)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
OpenGL vendor string:                   VIA Technology
OpenGL renderer string:                 Mesa DRI UniChrome (KM400) 
20060710 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE
OpenGL version string:                  1.2 Mesa 7.10.3
Driver:                                 Unknown
GPU class:                              Unknown
OpenGL version:                         1.2
Mesa version:                           7.10.3
X server version:                       1.10.3
Linux kernel version:                   3.0.3
Direct rendering:                       no
Requires strict binding:                yes
GLSL shaders:                           no
Texture NPOT support:                   no
kactivitymanagerd(4302): Communication problem with  "kactivitymanagerd" 
, it probably crashed.
Error message was:  "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected" : " 
"Connection was disconnected before a reply was received" "

kdeinit4: Fatal IO error: client killed
kdeinit4: sending SIGHUP to children.
kded(4259) PowerDevilUPowerBackend::brightness: 
org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper.brightness failed
klauncher: Exiting on signal 1
kglobalaccel: Fatal IO error: client killed
Qt-subapplication: Fatal IO error: client killed
kwin: Fatal IO error: client killed
kdeinit4: Fatal IO error: client killed
kdeinit4: sending SIGHUP to children.
QProcess: Destroyed while process is still running.
kdeinit4: sending SIGTERM to children.
kdeinit4: Exit.
virtual QStringList 
Solid::Backends::UPower::UPowerManager::allDevices()  error:  
"org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed"
kded4: Fatal IO error: client killed
kdeinit4: sending SIGTERM to children.
kdeinit4: Exit.

This rig has a Athlon XP 2000 which is not to slow.  My old 2500+ still 
works OK.  It also has 1.2Gbs of ram.  The only downside is the built-in 
video.  It is a Via km400.  I have tried both Mesa and Vesa for this 
thing but same error.

It does let me login in failsafe mode tho.  So, I guess KDE itself is 
working but something that is needed in regular mode is not working right.

Any ideas on what could cause this?

Oh, another odd thing I noticed.  When I start kdm, I can't switch back 
to a console.  That is starting to piss me off.  I can't login to KDE 
and it won't let me go back to a console either.  Is that related or a 
separate issue?

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-)