[gentoo-user] kde wont log in user

[gentoo-user] kde wont log in user

[James]

Hello,

Well I just updated a laptop that had not been updated for
8 months.

It's all fine, except I cannot log in via the kde menu


ssh works fine and all packages are current.


Any suggestions on how to get this fixed?


James

Re: [gentoo-user] kde wont log in user

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:38:27 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:

> Well I just updated a laptop that had not been updated for
> 8 months.
> 
> It's all fine, except I cannot log in via the kde menu

You need to give a better description. By the KDE menu, do you mean the
kdm login screen? What happens when you try to log in, does it reject
your username/password, does it try to open a KDE desktop and then fall
back to kdm or does kdm not open a login screen in the first place? "I
cannot login" tells us nothing.

Before you reply, take a look for anything useful in /var/log/kdm.log.


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Re: [gentoo-user] kde wont log in user

[Neil Walker]

James wrote:
> Well I just updated a laptop that had not been updated for
> 8 months.
>
> It's all fine, except I cannot log in via the kde menu
>
>
> ssh works fine and all packages are current.
>
>
> Any suggestions on how to get this fixed?
>   

Sorry, my psychic powers are not functioning today. You give nothing
to go on whatsoever. ;)

A quick stab in the dark - are you trying to log in as root? KDE will
not allow that (by default) for obvious security reasons.


Be lucky,

Neil
http://www.neiljw.com

Re: [gentoo-user] kde wont log in user

[Alex Schuster]

Neil Bothwick writes:

> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:38:27 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:
> > Well I just updated a laptop that had not been updated for
> > 8 months.
> >
> > It's all fine, except I cannot log in via the kde menu
> 
> You need to give a better description. By the KDE menu, do you mean the
> kdm login screen? What happens when you try to log in, does it reject
> your username/password, does it try to open a KDE desktop and then fall
> back to kdm or does kdm not open a login screen in the first place? "I
> cannot login" tells us nothing.

I also had a "I cannot login" error with kdm-4.x, so I am still using 
kdm-3.5 as display manager.

	Wonko

[gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

[James]

Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes:

> 
> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:38:27 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:
> 
> > Well I just updated a laptop that had not been updated for
> > 8 months.
> > 
> > It's all fine, except I cannot log in via the kde menu
> 
> You need to give a better description. By the KDE menu, do you mean the
> kdm login screen? What happens when you try to log in, does it reject
> your username/password, does it try to open a KDE desktop and then fall
> back to kdm or does kdm not open a login screen in the first place? "I
> cannot login" tells us nothing.]

Ok, I do not know what it is called. I'm running kde-meta 4.3.3
It's the kde screen where you put your login and passwd.
It flashes for a second or 2, like the passwd is accepted, but
kde cannot start. 


If I do not auto start kdm via rc-update, then I can log in as a user
and X starts (twm?).

I can also ssh into the system so the user passwd is ok.


> Before you reply, take a look for anything useful in /var/log/kdm.log.


Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
error setting MTRR (base = 0xe0000000, size = 0x01000000, type = 1) Invalid
argument (22)
(EE) GLX error: Can not get required symbols.
(EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Multiple names for keycode 211
>                   Using <I211>, ignoring <AB11>
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Multiple names for keycode 211
>                   Using <I211>, ignoring <AB11>
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Multiple names for keycode 211
>                   Using <I211>, ignoring <AB11>
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server


Maybe a keyboard error? I have ran this several times:
emerge -D1 $(qlist -I -C x11-drivers)

No xorg.conf file in use:
x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r1
x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.5-r1
ati-driver-9.11
linux-2.6.31-gentoo-r5


Ideas?

James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

[Mick]

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On Friday 15 January 2010 15:25:09 James wrote:
> Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes:
> > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:38:27 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:

> Ok, I do not know what it is called. 

It's called the kdm login manager (it is a Display Manager).

> I'm running kde-meta 4.3.3
> It's the kde screen where you put your login and passwd.
> It flashes for a second or 2, like the passwd is accepted, but
> kde cannot start.
> 
> 
> If I do not auto start kdm via rc-update, then I can log in as a user
> and X starts (twm?).

I suspect that you probably have fallen victim to the great conspiracy of 
baselayout doing away with rc.conf and not screaming it LOUD ENOUGH to make 
sure that we set up the XSESSION variable so that the appropriate windows 
manager/DE is selected.  See more here:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/224058

> I can also ssh into the system so the user passwd is ok.

Yep, I suspect xdm is not calling the correct display manager.

> > Before you reply, take a look for anything useful in /var/log/kdm.log.
> 
> Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
[snip ...]

> Ideas?
> 
> James

I suggest that you create the file /etc/env.d/90xsession.  Mine has this in 
it:

XSESSION="fluxbox"

You should probably replace fluxbox with kdm.  Also, I assume that you already 
have:

DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm"

in your /etc/conf.d/xdm file since TWM starts up.

As you can read in the thread I mention above there are other ways of making 
sure that the correct display manager is called.  You could try one of those 
if things do not work out as expected.

HTH.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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[gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

[James]

Mick <michaelkintzios <at> gmail.com> writes:



> > I'm running kde-meta 4.3.3
> > It's the kde screen where you put your login and passwd.
> > It flashes for a second or 2, like the passwd is accepted, but
> > kde cannot start.

> > If I do not auto start kdm via rc-update, then I can log in as a user
> > and X starts (twm?).
 
> I suspect that you probably have fallen victim to the great conspiracy of 
> baselayout doing away with rc.conf and not screaming it LOUD ENOUGH to make 
> sure that we set up the XSESSION variable so that the appropriate windows 
> manager/DE is selected.  See more here:

> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/224058


I read that thread, so I created the file
/etc/env.d/90xsession with the contents XSESSION="kdm"
(permissions 644)

rebooting the Display Manager starts up, but when I log
in looks like the passwd is accepted (still works via ssh)
but the Display Manager Login Screen just returns....?



> > > Before you reply, take a look for anything useful in /var/log/kdm.log.

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x26) [0x4e3386]
1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x39) [0x48b539]
2: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x7f395dfb8650]
3: /usr/bin/X [0x524a63]
4: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//libshadow.so(shadowRemove+0x33) [0x7f395c3635a3]
5: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//libshadow.so [0x7f395c363a54]
6: /usr/bin/X [0x4f6c69]
7: /usr/bin/X [0x522ff3]
8: /usr/bin/X(main+0x3f7) [0x431217]
9: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x7f395dfa5a44]
10: /usr/bin/X [0x430639]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting


> Warning:          Multiple names for keycode 211
>                   Using <I211>, ignoring <AB11>
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
error setting MTRR (base = 0xe0000000, size = 0x01000000, type = 1) Invalid
argument (22)

cat /var/log/kdm.log

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x26) [0x4e3386]
1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x39) [0x48b539]
2: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x7f395dfb8650]
3: /usr/bin/X [0x524a63]
4: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//libshadow.so(shadowRemove+0x33) [0x7f395c3635a3]
5: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//libshadow.so [0x7f395c363a54]
6: /usr/bin/X [0x4f6c69]
7: /usr/bin/X [0x522ff3]
8: /usr/bin/X(main+0x3f7) [0x431217]
9: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x7f395dfa5a44]
10: /usr/bin/X [0x430639]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting


Like I stated early, xorg.conf is empty, so maybe I need
some minial entries in the /etc/X/xorg.conf file?


James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

[Mick]

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On Monday 18 January 2010 15:09:39 James wrote:
> Mick <michaelkintzios <at> gmail.com> writes:

> > I suspect that you probably have fallen victim to the great conspiracy of
> > baselayout doing away with rc.conf and not screaming it LOUD ENOUGH to
> > make sure that we set up the XSESSION variable so that the appropriate
> > windows manager/DE is selected.  See more here:
> >
> > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/224058
> 
> I read that thread, so I created the file
> /etc/env.d/90xsession with the contents XSESSION="kdm"
> (permissions 644)
> 
> rebooting the Display Manager starts up, but when I log
> in looks like the passwd is accepted (still works via ssh)
> but the Display Manager Login Screen just returns....?

OK, now you don't get the TWM window manager, but your KDE fails to start. :-(

> > > > Before you reply, take a look for anything useful in
> > > > /var/log/kdm.log.
> 
> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[snip ...]

> 9: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x7f395dfa5a44]
> 10: /usr/bin/X [0x430639]
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

Stating the obvious, this is not right.  Now it's not that /etc/init.d/xdm 
cannot find your Window Manager/DE, but something is wrong with X's 
configuration and it crashes.

> Like I stated early, xorg.conf is empty, so maybe I need
> some minial entries in the /etc/X/xorg.conf file?

It might be that with your video card you *must* have an xorg.conf, although I 
think that most cards will run with a basic /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-
input.fdi

I have not seen the errors you are getting in your log before, but I noticed 
libc.so.6 - have you run revdep-rebuild -p -i or revdep-rebuild -p -i --
library libc.so.6 just in case?
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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[gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

[James]

>/etc/X/xorg.conf file?

> It might be that with your video card you *must* have an xorg.conf, although I 
> think that most cards will run with a basic /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-
> input.fdi

this dir is empty....?


> I have not seen the errors you are getting in your log before, but I noticed 
> libc.so.6 - have you run revdep-rebuild -p -i or revdep-rebuild -p -i --
> library libc.so.6 just in case?


revdep-rebuild is clean!

emerge @preserved-rebuild -p

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] sys-fs/reiserfsprogs-3.6.19-r2
[ebuild   R   ] sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1
[ebuild   R   ] sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2
[ebuild   R   ] gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.24.1
[ebuild   R   ] net-libs/webkit-gtk-1.1.10
[ebuild   R   ] media-gfx/graphviz-2.24.0-r2
[ebuild   R   ] x11-libs/openmotif-2.3.2
[ebuild   R   ] sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.9
[ebuild   R   ] x11-libs/libSM-1.1.1
[ebuild   R   ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2
[ebuild   R   ] media-libs/jasper-1.900.1-r3
[ebuild   R   ] net-libs/libproxy-0.2.3-r2
[ebuild   R   ] gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.24.1
[ebuild   R   ] x11-libs/libXt-1.0.7-r1
[ebuild   R   ] sys-apps/pmount-0.9.20
[ebuild   R   ] x11-libs/libXpm-3.5.8
[ebuild   R   ] media-libs/t1lib-5.1.2
[ebuild   R   ] media-libs/giflib-4.1.6-r1
[ebuild   R   ] media-gfx/imagemagick-6.5.7.0
[ebuild   R   ] media-libs/libcaca-0.99_beta16
[ebuild   R   ] app-text/texlive-core-2008-r7
[ebuild   R   ] app-text/xdvik-22.84.14


I've rebuilt these same packages over several times.
I think the @preserved-rebuild tool is bonkers....


ideas?


James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

[Mick]

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On Tuesday 19 January 2010 02:59:58 James wrote:
> >/etc/X/xorg.conf file?
> >
> > It might be that with your video card you *must* have an xorg.conf,
> > although I think that most cards will run with a basic
> > /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11- input.fdi
> 
> this dir is empty....?

OK, xorg elog (I think) mentioned that you should copy the 
/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi into 
/etc/hal/fdi/policy/ and customize it to your needs.  Otherwise, knock up a 
basic /etc/xorg.conf to get your Xorg going.  I think that in all likelihood 
this is the cause of your problem.

> > I have not seen the errors you are getting in your log before, but I
> > noticed libc.so.6 - have you run revdep-rebuild -p -i or revdep-rebuild
> > -p -i -- library libc.so.6 just in case?
> 
> revdep-rebuild is clean!
> 
> emerge @preserved-rebuild -p
> 
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild   R   ] sys-fs/reiserfsprogs-3.6.19-r2
> [ebuild   R   ] sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1
> [ebuild   R   ] sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2
> [ebuild   R   ] gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.24.1
> [ebuild   R   ] net-libs/webkit-gtk-1.1.10
> [ebuild   R   ] media-gfx/graphviz-2.24.0-r2
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-libs/openmotif-2.3.2
> [ebuild   R   ] sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.9
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-libs/libSM-1.1.1
> [ebuild   R   ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2
> [ebuild   R   ] media-libs/jasper-1.900.1-r3
> [ebuild   R   ] net-libs/libproxy-0.2.3-r2
> [ebuild   R   ] gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.24.1
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-libs/libXt-1.0.7-r1
> [ebuild   R   ] sys-apps/pmount-0.9.20
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-libs/libXpm-3.5.8
> [ebuild   R   ] media-libs/t1lib-5.1.2
> [ebuild   R   ] media-libs/giflib-4.1.6-r1
> [ebuild   R   ] media-gfx/imagemagick-6.5.7.0
> [ebuild   R   ] media-libs/libcaca-0.99_beta16
> [ebuild   R   ] app-text/texlive-core-2008-r7
> [ebuild   R   ] app-text/xdvik-22.84.14
> 
> 
> I've rebuilt these same packages over several times.
> I think the @preserved-rebuild tool is bonkers....

There's been a couple of threads in the last 3-4 months in this list 
mentioning this problem.  I am still on the old portage and therefore didn't 
read them close enough to remember the suggested fix.  Have a look and if you 
can't find them then I will try to dig them out.  BTW, does:

revdep-rebuild -p -i --library libc.so.6

also end up in a loop?
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:59:58 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:

> I've rebuilt these same packages over several times.

Are you rebuilding them with @preserved-rebuild or manually?

> I think the @preserved-rebuild tool is bonkers....

It's a good idea, and much better than the old "break it then fix it"
approach with revdep-rebuild, but it does get itself confused
occasionally.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Top Oxymorons Number 19: Passive aggression

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

[ubiquitous1980]

James wrote:
> Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes:
>
>   
>> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:59:58 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I've rebuilt these same packages over several times.
>>>       
>> Are you rebuilding them with @preserved-rebuild or manually?
>>     
> with this 'emerge @preserved-rebuild'
> i.e. the tool.....
>
>   
>>> I think the @preserved-rebuild tool is bonkers....
>>>       
>> It's a good idea, and much better than the old "break it then fix it"
>> approach with revdep-rebuild, but it does get itself confused
>> occasionally.
>>     
>
>
> Ok it's borked, what do I do?
>
> I still think I need some minimalistic /etc/X/xorg.conf
> with this dell laptop....
>
>
>
>
> James
>
>
>
>
>
>   
I know I'm coming in half way here, but have you logged in using kdm or
just straight in via the cli?

[gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

[James]

Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes:

> 
> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:59:58 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:
> 
> > I've rebuilt these same packages over several times.
> 
> Are you rebuilding them with @preserved-rebuild or manually?
with this 'emerge @preserved-rebuild'
i.e. the tool.....

> > I think the @preserved-rebuild tool is bonkers....
> 
> It's a good idea, and much better than the old "break it then fix it"
> approach with revdep-rebuild, but it does get itself confused
> occasionally.


Ok it's borked, what do I do?

I still think I need some minimalistic /etc/X/xorg.conf
with this dell laptop....




James

[gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

[james]

ubiquitous1980 <nixuser1980 <at> gmail.com> writes:


> I know I'm coming in half way here, but have you logged in using kdm or
> just straight in via the cli?

The kdm display manager will let me log in and start kde4.
I can ssh in or kill off xdm and log in on console just fine.


If I use the old org.conf file, it boot but the kdm login manager
app never starts and It does not allow login on console. It is
a dell laptop. I think the xorg.conf file needs work, but,
it's only a guess.


James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:04:41 +0000 (UTC), james wrote:

> If I use the old org.conf file, it boot but the kdm login manager
> app never starts and It does not allow login on console. It is
> a dell laptop. I think the xorg.conf file needs work, but,
> it's only a guess.

That sounds a good guess, what does the Xorg.log show?


-- 
Neil Bothwick

You shall know the truth, and you shall freak.

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[gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

[James]

> That sounds a good guess, what does the Xorg.log show?


With no xorg.conf file

xorg-server-1.6.5-r1
ati-drivers-9.11
xorg-x11-7.4-r1 
2.6.31-gentoo-r6

lspci -v
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 
RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])                     
                                
        Subsystem: Dell Device 01fd                                                 
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5                           
        Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]                       
        Memory at fe9f0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]                    
        I/O ports at ee00 [size=256]                                                
        Memory at fea00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]                     
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]                                    
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2                               
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit  



    
var/log/Xorg.0.log

 GLX error: Can not get required symbols.                                       
 XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard                   
 Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap                       
 config/hal: Adding input device Logitech USB Optical Mouse                     
Logitech USB Optical Mouse: always reports core events                         
 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event6"                        
 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons                              
 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)                              
 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Found relative axes                                
 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Found x and y relative axes                        
 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Configuring as mouse                               
 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5                      
 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 
4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10,
EmulateWheelTimeout: 200                                                       
       
 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1              
 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00             
 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms                   
 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0                 
 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: initialized for relative axes.                     
 config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard                   
 AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events                       
 AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event3"                      
 AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys                                       
 AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard                          
 Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"                                                     
 Option "xkb_model" "evdev"                                                     
 Option "xkb_layout" "us"                                                       
 config/hal: Adding input device AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint                       
 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: always reports core events                           
 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Device: "/dev/input/event5"                          
 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found 11 mouse buttons                               
 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found relative axes                                  
 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found x and y relative axes                          
 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found absolute axes
 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found x and y absolute axes
 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found absolute touchpad.
 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Configuring as touchpad
 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: EmulateWheelButton: 
4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10,
EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: touchpads, tablets 
and touchscreens ignore
relative axes.
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: initialized for absolute axes.
(II) config/hal: Adding input device PS/2 Mouse
(**) PS/2 Mouse: always reports core events
(**) PS/2 Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
(II) PS/2 Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) PS/2 Mouse: Found relative axes
(II) PS/2 Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
(II) PS/2 Mouse: Configuring as mouse
(**) PS/2 Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) PS/2 Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 
10,EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) PS/2 Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Sleep Button
(**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
(**) Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
(II) Sleep Button: Found keys
(II) Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button
(**) Power Button: always reports core events
(**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"

[gentoo-user] SOLVEDRe: kde wont log in user

[James]

Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes:


> That sounds a good guess, what does the Xorg.log show?


Well KDE4 is working fine now.

dev-python/sip was the key. Somehow none of the updates(syncs) actually
updated it to the latest stable version (4.8.2) So 
dev-python/PyQt4 and hence some of the kde-meta packages were borked.


A long journey. Caveat: Don't to 8 months without an update
(was I that hard headed in grad school)....?
too long ago to remember....
I use to tell everyone I was smart.


this one ate my lunch and then some.....


thanks to all that help...


James