[CLUE-Tech] login problems

[Charles Oriez]

I've recently been experiencing persistent problems getting into KDE 
desktop, either as root or as my user account.  I enter the userid/pwd at 
the kde login panel, and get bounced back to the kde login panel seconds 
later, about 99 times out of 100.  I don't get the kde box showing the 
various processes loading before the bounce.

I can sign in as root at the non-gui prompt.  Previously, when it happened 
rarely, I could close down, power off, wait for bios to clear, and cold 
boot, then get into kde.  Now that doesn't work.  Startx doesn't work either.

1) where would the error log be hiding?
2) Would the message early in the linux boot log "insmod failed no space on 
device" be relevant?  No evidence of what device.  I have space in my two 
linux partitions.

Using Mandrake 8.0 release on a dual boot pentium with the 2.4.3 kernel.


Charles Oriez  coriez at oriez.org
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