Bug 338442

Summary:	opensuse updater makes kde and X a brick
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 10.2	Reporter:	Michael Dreher <michael.dreher>
Component:	Update Problems	Assignee:	E-mail List <bnc-team-screening>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity:	Major
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	dmueller, suse-beta
Version:	Final
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	openSUSE 10.2
Whiteboard:
Found By:	Customer	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---
Attachments:	.xsession-errors better .xsession-errors ps aux rpm -qa \| sort > rpm-all rpm -qa --last

Description Michael Dreher 2007-11-01 16:32:37 UTC

on September 15, 2007, I installed all the updates offered by the opensuse updater.
Then everything was fine and I was happy.
On October 28, 2007, I installed all the new updates offered by the opensuse updater again (about 25 patches). 

The result is that I can not use X or kde anymore as an ordinary user.
The symptoms: at the kdm prompt, I type in my user name and password.
After clicking enter and waiting for an unusually long time, I see a 
blank background (the typical kde background or the typical menu bars will
not appear), and I see the icons from ~/Desktop/ .
That is all I can do: admiring these beautifully painted icons.
Clicking on them produces nothing (no program will be started that way).
Clicking on the background gives no reaction.
Typing Alt+F2 for quickstarting at least one application does not work.
The typical control bar from which I can choose many applications does not
appear. In total: this system is completely useless for ordinary users.
And not only this system: I have two computers in my appartment, and I lost
both of them to this bug.

However, working as root is OK, and I can use all the applications I want.

I reverted already to the versions prior September 15 the following packages:
* linux kernel
* kde
* xorg
This does not change the situation one jota, the bug is still there.

Comment 1 Marcus Meissner 2007-11-02 09:29:25 UTC

any error in .xsession-errors? (from textconsole)

Comment 2 Michael Dreher 2007-11-03 11:10:27 UTC

Created attachment 181914 [details]
.xsession-errors

how obtained: 
login at kdm with username dreher
ctrl-alt-backspace (this is the only way out)
login as root at kdm

Comment 3 Michael Dreher 2007-11-03 11:22:12 UTC

Created attachment 181915 [details]
better .xsession-errors

how obtained:
login at kdm with username dreher
switch to text console with ctrl-alt-f2
login as root

Comment 4 Michael Dreher 2007-11-03 11:23:25 UTC

Created attachment 181916 [details]
ps aux

how obtained:
login at kdm with username dreher
switch to text console with ctrl-alt-f2
login as root

ps aux > ps_aux

Comment 5 Michael Dreher 2007-11-03 13:42:42 UTC

Created attachment 181923 [details]
rpm -qa | sort > rpm-all

list of all rpm packages

Comment 6 Dirk Mueller 2007-11-23 17:03:12 UTC

x86 or x86_64 ?
rpm -qa --last

rpm -e scim 

helps?

Comment 7 Dirk Mueller 2007-11-23 17:11:35 UTC

since you reverted kde and xorg updates, I don't see how its kde's fault. 

it looks like you're missing the glibc lockup bugfix (bug 334777). 

if its x86_64, you're maybe bitten by the patchrpm breakage we had.

Comment 8 Michael Dreher 2007-11-23 20:08:00 UTC

Created attachment 184591 [details]
rpm -qa --last

Comment 9 Michael Dreher 2007-11-23 20:12:14 UTC

to #6:

my system is x86 (32 bit)

rpm -qa --last is attached.

and indeed, "rpm -e scim" 
(and uninstalling all the other scim related packages)
did it.

now I can work again as ordinary user with kde, 
but I do not understand how scim can cause so much trouble ???

thank you !

Comment 10 Dirk Mueller 2007-11-23 21:07:42 UTC

scim is the only application that was running in your ps output that uses gettext. and your glibc still has the gettext lockup bug. I would suggest to install all updates again, since it should just work then. 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 334777 ***