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kaddy

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From: Perth, Western Australia

Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 192

after upgrade, can't login SOLVED

hey archers
I seen 1 other person in the forum that had the same problem as me, which
was not being able to log in for a couple of tries at the login screen, I have the same problem but
worse...... it won't let me login no matter how many times i try....

an update fixed the other guys problem.... however... i've tried and tried, i've resynced with mirrors several times and tried for another update and there is none........

therefore i cannot login to my arch system via the kde gui...... only lets me login a console......

any help very very very much appreciated......

im typing this from a netbook,

Last edited by kaddy (2009-12-24 16:54:56)

kaddy

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From: Perth, Western Australia

Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 192

Re: after upgrade, can't login SOLVED

I found a way to paste my errors.... here it is

  GNU nano 2.0.9              File: daemon.log                                 

Dec 23 18:58:52 archbox kdm_greet[2889]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/$
Dec 23 19:13:53 archbox dbus-daemon: Reloaded configuration
Dec 23 19:23:03 archbox init: Switching to runlevel: 6
Dec 23 19:23:44 archbox init: Entering runlevel: 3
Dec 23 19:23:56 archbox kdm_greet[1624]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/$
Dec 23 19:24:01 archbox kdm_greet[1749]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/$
Dec 23 19:25:25 archbox dbus-daemon: Reloaded configuration
Dec 23 19:25:29 archbox init: Switching to runlevel: 6
Dec 23 19:26:11 archbox init: Entering runlevel: 3
Dec 23 19:26:23 archbox kdm_greet[1552]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/$
Dec 23 19:26:42 archbox kdm_greet[1741]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/$
Dec 23 19:29:01 archbox kdm_greet[1865]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/$
Dec 23 19:42:30 archbox dbus-daemon: Reloaded configuration
Dec 23 19:56:49 archbox kdm_greet[5778]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/$
Dec 23 20:11:49 archbox init: Entering runlevel: 3
Dec 23 20:12:01 archbox kdm_greet[1516]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/$
Dec 23 20:12:09 archbox kdm_greet[1705]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/$
Dec 23 20:13:08 archbox kdm_greet[1841]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/$

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Some other things i've tried that was mentioned was adding /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon in /etc/rc.local..... that didn't work

I wasn't able to roll back to an older hal version as I have cleared my cache recently.... and the mirrors with older packages that i found wouldn't sync for some reason......

arghhh i really need to use my pc and i can't........ any ideas guys?????

thanx

Last edited by kaddy (2009-12-23 12:30:44)

kaddy

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From: Perth, Western Australia

Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 192

Re: after upgrade, can't login SOLVED

just to keep posted.... i found a previous Hal package and installed it using Packman -U
and my problem still persists..... so atleast now i know, downgrading hal did not work..........
I also tried downgrading consolekit, and xorg..... stil.... nothing.............. im stumped....

im using Arch 64 bit incase that matters

Last edited by kaddy (2009-12-24 05:14:38)

lgwapnitsky

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 3

Re: after upgrade, can't login SOLVED

I'm finding the same issue, same version of Arch 64.  I can only log in to the system graphically as root, but all other users fail.  I also now have the boot process asking me for a runlevel instead of automatically going to 5.

-Larry

kaddy

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From: Perth, Western Australia

Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 192

Re: after upgrade, can't login SOLVED

I have resolved my issue.......

i believe the problem was..... the latest upgrades to arch rendered my installed nvidia driver hopeless..... im not sure whether it was due to a xorg update, or a kernel update.... to be honest.. i didn't really look at what was being upgraded... i blindly upgraded.... let that be a lesson........ but i believe that the latest xorg broke my nvidia driver....
i simply downloaded the latest nvidia driver from the website, and installed it via console...... and everything worked again as it should.............

its a bit disapointing that an upgrade can break your system so easily.... but then again.... i guess this is the bleeding edge world..... if you want the latest updates.... be prepared to fix any issues that occur.............

well.... i hope this helps anybody else........... i downloaded the latest nvidia for my card using a seperate distro installed, placed it in my arch home folder, and installed it........ and everything now works..........

goodluck
kaddy