Trying openSuse 11.2 milestone 6. Using gnome desktop it works well. Suse 10.2 works perfectly. With opensuse 11.2 M6 and using kde 4.3 desktop the system boots and I log in as non-root or root,splash welcome screen completes then screen goes blank except for an arrow cursor. Accessing using <ctl><alt>f4 allows me to see many messages " /usr/bin/kwin --crashes n" where n=1..9 Who should I address this problem to? I can supply a fuller .xsession-errors file cpu: M II , memory: 196 Mbyte /////////////////.xsession-errors etc/X11/xim: Checking whether an input method should be started. sourcing /etc/sysconfig/language to get the value of INPUT_METHOD INPUT_METHOD is not set or empty (no user selected input method). Trying to start a default input method for the locale en_GB.UTF-8 ... There is no default input method for the current locale. Dummy input method "none" (do not use any fancy input method by default) startkde: Starting up... kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_klauncher.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kded4.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kbuildsycoca4.so kbuildsycoca4 running... kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kbuildsycoca4.so kbuildsycoca4 running... kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kconf_update.so Invalid D-BUS member name 'idle-hint' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'is-local' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'x11-display-device' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'x11-display' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'display-device' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'remote-host-name' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'session-type' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'unix-user' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection X Error: XSyncBadAlarm 152 Extension: 143 (Uknown extension) Minor opcode: 11 (Unknown request) Resource id: 0x0 kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kcminit_startup.so X Error: XSyncBadAlarm 152 Extension: 143 (Uknown extension) Minor opcode: 11 (Unknown request) Resource id: 0x0 kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_ksmserver.so <unknown program name>(1788)/ KStartupInfo::createNewStartupId: creating: "sb3;1252327938;918050;1788_TIME0" : "unnamed app" kephald starting up XRANDR error base: 162 RRInput mask is set!! RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 258 1024 x 768 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 259 800 x 600 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 260 640 x 480 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding crtc: 256 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding output: 257 Setting CRTC 256 on output "default" (previous 0 ) CRTC outputs: (257) Output name: "default" Output refresh rate: 0 Output rect: QRect(0,0 1024x768) Output rotation: 1 XRandROutputs::init added output 257 adding an output 0 with geom: QRect(0,0 1024x768) output: "SCREEN-0" QRect(0,0 1024x768) 0 true true load xml connected: 1 looking for current "SCREEN-0" known "*" has score: 0.125 screen: 0 QRect(0,0 1024x768) looking for a matching configuration... connected: 1 looking for current "SCREEN-0" known "*" has score: 0.125 found outputs, known: false activate external configuration!! registered the service: true screens registered on the bus: true outputs registered on the bus: true configurations registered on the bus: true sh: /opt/kde3/bin/kreadconfig: No such file or directory sh: /opt/kde3/bin/kreadconfig: No such file or directory kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_plasma-desktop.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kglobalaccel.so QDBusObjectPath: invalid path "" KCrash: Application 'plasma-desktop' crashing... kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/drkonqi Application::crashHandler() called with signal 4; recent crashes: 1 KCrash: Application 'kwin' crashing... kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/drkonqi QDBusObjectPath: invalid path "" kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kaccess.so <unknown program name>(2655)/ kdemain: Xlib XKB extension major= 1 minor= 0 kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kbuildsycoca4.so <unknown program name>(1788)/ KStartupInfo::createNewStartupId: creating: "sb3;1252327987;180748;1788_TIME0" : "unnamed app" kbuildsycoca4 running... kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_krunner.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kmixctrl.so <unknown program name>(2653)/: Communication problem with "kaccess" , it probably crashed. Error message was: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken." " kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_nepomukserver.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/hp-systray kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/printer-applet kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/policykit-kde <unknown program name>(2692)/: Communication problem with "krunner" , it probably crashed. Error message was: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken." " kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/knotify4 kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kupdateapplet kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/ksmolt kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/knetworkmanager kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_klipper.so etc -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org