Friends:
Three weeks ago, my main rig was running fine using sidux 2009-02.
Following a sidux d-u, KDE refuses to open. Log-in as user works, following which the KDE desktop screen remains, and nothing else happens.
Dropping back to console (Ctrl-Alt-F2)- as root or as user, I get same response to either or :

I fail to find that file on my system, and don't know what to try next.

Several more sidux d-us have failed to fix the problem.
Nor did an SMXI d-u (no errors noted) yesterday.

I will, of course, be very grateful for suggestions. Providing logs will be a challenge (I'm seriously IT-challenged). I can't pull files from my main rig to this one. And while elinks is working on my main rig, I'm again challenged using it.

grady
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when you run smxi, you will note that there is an information section when you start.

This section includes very important information about your disk space:

for root / and for /home especially.

Best practice has / and /home on separate partitions, sidux default deviates from best practice.

If either / or /home are close to 100% full, kde cannot start.

Usual cause is failing to clear apt archives: apt-get clean

If you see the kde desktop but it doesn't load that means you probably reinstalled your graphics driver if you use non free, so that shouldn't be the problem.

df -h
shows disk partition usage as well.
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@x2:

Thank you very much for your prompt response.

In that space in my partitions is ample, and my simple video adapter has never had issues, I thought it better to reply with "problem solved". Which took some time. Finally, a pal (brighter than I), found and fixed the problem.

I quote from his notes.

1. Removed & reinstalled kdm ...(didn't solve).
2. Deleted unnecessary dot files (didn't solve)
3. Examined kdm requirements (apt-cache search kdm) : three packages not installed were installed:
LDM-server,
sdm-terminal,
sidux-art-kde-moros

That fixed the problem; he thought the "sidux-art" was the necessary missing piece.

Thank you again for your kind response.

grady
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