Patrick Shanahan writes:

* Ti Kan [08-14-04 23:55]:

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I am just about ready to pull my hair out now... it's aggravating not being able to log in.

As a temporary measure, open a console as <your-logon-name> and type: startx

note: no logon will be required as you are already logged on when starting x. The more regular logon, init 5, is started by system, not a logged on user or root.

I finally solved the problem... the brute force way. I created a new user account, established that KDE login works, then I moved all files and directories from my original home directory to the new home directory, except those that are already created in the new account, and making sure the ownership of all files are switched to that of the new account. I then deleted my old account and renamed the new account to the old name. Whatever it was, some file was causing KDE to become wedged. By doing the above I was able to get a fresh start as far as KDE is concerned, and it seems to fix the problem. -Ti