Kde4 Themes Problem after I updated my fedora 14

Xtranet · 09-04-2011, 06:55 PM

After updating my Fedora 14 Laughlin, on system reboot the system stops at

Quote:

Cannot open theme file /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/ethais

And if I click Ok the system will show black screen, and i can't go any further

AwesomeMachine · 09-05-2011, 04:10 PM

Try this:

Right when the machine starts up, hit ESC about once a second until the grub menu appears. hit 'e' for edit, move to the kernel line and hit 'e' again. at the end of the line type /bin/bash Then, hit 'b' for boot. You probably won't have a PATH, but you'll be root, so just type:

Code:

echo $PATH

to check if there's anything there. If not, type:

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export PATH='/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin'

Check which kdm themes are installed:

Code:

ls /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/

Check current theme name:

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cat /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc | grep -i theme

Look for line:

Code:

Theme=/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/ethais

Change theme:

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sed 's,ethais,oxygen,g' /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc > /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc.sav

Swap files:

Code:

mv /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc.bak && mv /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc.sav /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc

Change init to level 5

Code:

init 5

You might have to reboot to get the GUI login, but

Code:

init 5

usually works on Fedora.

Xtranet · 09-13-2011, 06:52 PM

Am so greatfull i could use my system again, the themes error was resolved.Thanks.

frankbell · 09-13-2011, 08:50 PM

Glad someone could help.

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