KDE broke itself, can't load desktop

rjwilmsi · 10-29-2006, 06:13 AM

I have suse 10.0 32-bit on my laptop. Earlier today there was a weird pseudo crash in KDE 3.5.0 when the desktop went black, but the kicker menu and open applications still worked. I logged out, rebooted and now can't log in to KDE (I'm now on FWWN or whatever it's called). running startx gives the following output

Quote:

hostname: Unknown host
xauth: creating new authority file /home/RJW/.serverauth.4710

X Window System Version 6.8.2
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: SuSE Linux [ELF] SuSE
Current Operating System: Linux reached 2.6.13-15-default #1 Tue Sep 13 14:56:15 UTC 2005 i686
Build Date: 13 September 2006
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Oct 29 12:18:46 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[10e] 320 x 200, 70Hz
[111] 640 x 480, 60Hz, 72Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz
[114] 800 x 600, 60Hz, 72Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz
[117] 1024 x 768, 60Hz, 70Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz
[11a] 1280 x 1024, 60Hz, 75Hz
[11d] 640 x 400, 70Hz
[122] 1600 x 1200, 60Hz
[133] 320 x 240, 72Hz
[13c] 1400 x 1050, 60Hz, 75Hz
[143] 400 x 300, 72Hz
[153] 512 x 384, 70Hz
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
No such file or directory.
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Synaptics DeviceInit called
SynapticsCtrl called.
Synaptics DeviceOn called
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
No such file or directory.
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID, removing from list!
/etc/X11/xim: Checking wether an input method should be started.
INPUT_METHOD is not set or empty (no user selected input method).
Trying to start a default input method for the locale en_US.UTF-8 ...
There is no default input method for the current locale.
xset: bad font path element (#59), possible causes are:
Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
Directory missing fonts.dir
Incorrect font server address or syntax
startkde: Starting up...
Could not find 'krandrinithack' executable.
kbuildsycoca running...
SynapticsCtrl called.
kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /opt/kde3/lib/kde3/kcm_kdnssd.so: undefined symbol: init_kdnssd
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Could not open library kwin.la: /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeinit_kwin.so: undefined symbol: _ZN12NETRootInfo4C2EP9_XDisplaymPKcPmiib
kwin: symbol lookup error: /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeinit_kwin.so: undefined symbol: _ZN12KGlobalAccel15disableBlockingEb
Could not open library kdesktop.la: /opt/kde3/lib/libkonq.so.4: undefined symbol: _ZN9KIconView22contentsDragLeaveEventEP15QDragLeaveEvent
kdesktop: symbol lookup error: /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeinit_kdesktop.so: undefined symbol: _ZN3KIO15pasteActionTextEv
Could not open library kicker.la: /opt/kde3/lib/libkonq.so.4: undefined symbol: _ZN9KIconView22contentsDragLeaveEventEP15QDragLeaveEvent
kicker: symbol lookup error: /opt/kde3/lib/kde3/clock_panelapplet.so: undefined symbol: _ZN10KTimezonesC1Ev
Could not open library konqueror.la: /opt/kde3/lib/libkonq.so.4: undefined symbol: _ZN9KIconView22contentsDragLeaveEventEP15QDragLeaveEvent

Help please.

unSpawn · 10-29-2006, 12:57 PM

Could not find 'krandrinithack' executable. / *.so: undefined symbol:*
Problem with the (lib)kdebase*.rpm. Apparently not fatal, but missing symbols can be caused by having a partial or failed upgrade (or you removing or deleting stuff). I'd start looking for info about past upgrades first or have your distro's package manager upgrade stuff properly.

rjwilmsi · 10-29-2006, 06:43 PM

Thanks for that tip. A downgrade of kdebase3 from 3.5.0 to 3.4.2 worked, though I updated the kde packages months ago and it worked happily. Oh well.