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(resolved) KDE shutsdown computer on login (one user only)

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da6d.f

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Wednesday, June 14th 2006, 3:15am

(resolved) KDE shutsdown computer on login (one user only)

Have done some updates recently, but can't tie any specific updates to this.

For one user (others not affected), when the user logs into KDE, the machine goes into shutdown. It does not lock, it seems to do a normal shutdown. Other users are not affected, they can log in with no problems.

If the user runs startx from the command line, and then startkde from xterm, then KDE starts using the default X window manager (not Kwin) and runs fine.

Figuring this is a problem with something that was open and stored in a session that KDE is trying to restore, I had the user (from the startx session) go into the control center, and change the session manager to start an empty session on login. It still shuts down the machine on login.

Any ideas on what could be causing this?
I can't figure out what to check next.

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "da6d.f" (Jun 15th 2006, 4:57pm)

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Thursday, June 15th 2006, 3:31pm

RE: KDE shutsdown computer on login (one user only)

* No funky scripts in the autostart folder (Konqueror, Go To, Autostart)?
* Or in ~/.xinitrc?
* (Re)move ~/.kde/share/config/session and see if it works
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Thursday, June 15th 2006, 4:56pm

Problem solved (accidentally)

I already checked the Autostart folder, xinitrc, and removed everything in ~/kde/share/config/session. None of that fixed it.

The user accidentally removed everything in ~/kde/share/config/ which worked, but wiped out ALL of his configurations, email, desktop, mail filters, Konqueror, etc, etc, etc. He even got the first run wizard. Not the correct solution by any means, but he's back into KDE.

I've tried recreating the problem, and have been totally unable to do so. As far as I can tell right now, this was a fluke, not a bug.