Comment 11 for bug 281950

thats still not the bug -- when i had the problem kde TRIED to start (as it
should) but couldnt the chatter in the IRC chan was that it was an issue
with the drivers for the intel card -- please RE READ the description of the
bug
TIM

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Jonathan Riddell <email address hidden>wrote:

> Uploaded to intrepid-proposed, waiting for approval
>
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> KDE Cannot start from kdm or gdm
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281950
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> Status in Ubuntu Release Notes: New
> Status in "kdebase-workspace" source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> i have a system which i upgraded via internet from 8.06 (hardy) to 8.10
> (intrepid) - -the system was originally built as a ubuntu (gnome) machine,
> then had fluxbox added and run as that for a time. some time later i
> installed the kubuntu meta-package and ran it for a time as kubuntu - -the
> upgrade went fine - -expcept that when i try to login to kde - i can enter
> the username and password, and the login box clears and the icons begin to
> fade in representing the kde startup - -the first is a hard disk icon - then
> a pair of crossed tools (screwdriver and pliars maybe? i dont remember) at
> that point the screen blanks and returns to the login screen. i tried
> switching to GDM with the same result.
>
> Due to this result - i suspected a bad install of kubuntu -- so i installed
> a new hdd and tried to install from a downloaded cdrom -- the sam error
> sequence resulted -- except, since the live CD does not require login, it
> just keeps looping through the fading icons.
>
> The machine is an Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.0ghz with 1Gb memory and a 40gb hdd
>
> someone in one of the IRC chans asked which video card im running - -its an
> Intel 82865 integrated graphics controller.
>