[SOLVED]No user desktop

[Gelsenbury]

I'm really sorry that I can't put this issue in more precise words. I hope you can understand what I mean.

I now run Mageia 6 on all my machines, using the default Plasma desktop. One of the few modifications I have made is that I have chosen the Air desktop theme because I don't like Breeze.

After installing the latest updates a few hours ago, I noticed that the desktop no longer had translucency (which Air normally does), and that the rounded corners of the menus were not drawn properly. This is not a big issue, but seemed odd.

What is a big issue is that I can now no longer log into my user desktop at all after a system reboot. The computer starts up and so does the X server. The graphical login screen appears, and I can enter my login and password. But when I click on "Login" or press the Enter key, the Plasma desktop doesn't start. I'm stuck on the login screen. I have waited for a long time, and I have tried this several times after rebooting. I can't log into IceWM under my usual user name either, so the issue is probably in my user directory.

I am still able to log into another user profile (created just for testing purposes and essentially blank) using either Plasma or IceWM. So I can use the machine in graphical mode, and I have access to my documents if I become root. But I'd like to know what has gone wrong with my login, and how I can fix it.

Any ideas?

[wintpe]

remove or move the .config directory in your home directory.


mv .config .config.orig


try again

regards peter

[Gelsenbury]

Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately, that didn't help. What else except .config may be involved in starting the session?

[Gelsenbury]

I think I found a solution. Prompted by your suggestion to rename .config, I looked for other hidden files or directories that might potentially be involved in displaying the desktop. I came across a directory called ~/.fop, which seemed to contain some kind of font cache. Since removing this directory and its contents, I can log in again.

Some of my desktop configurations had to be restored manually even after mv .config_old .config, which doesn't quite make sense to me. But the main thing is that I can log in again. Thank you.

[doktor5000]

Some of my desktop configurations had to be restored manually even after mv .config_old .config, which doesn't quite make sense to me.

If you did exactly that with an existing .config directory then .config_old will be moved into .config/.config_old and nothing will be overwritten.

[Gelsenbury]

That's exactly what happened. I was sure I had deleted the existing .config directory, that's why it didn't even occur to me.