Bugzilla – Bug 338442
opensuse updater makes kde and X a brick
Last modified: 2007-11-23 21:07:42 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.
any error in .xsession-errors? (from textconsole)
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
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
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
Created attachment 181923 [details] rpm -qa | sort > rpm-all list of all rpm packages
x86 or x86_64 ? rpm -qa --last rpm -e scim helps?
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.
Created attachment 184591 [details] rpm -qa --last
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 !
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 ***