Fedora 20 - KDE not starting up
Well, it's been a long time I have a look at KDE. So, I decided to install it too on my Fedora 20 GNOME edition, and have a look at where is KDE now. And I installed KDE using:
yum install @kde-desktop
After rebooting, I tried to login to KDE Plasma
and then kde wallpaper comes along with fedora logo, then the hard disk icon, and it stops there. I waited for a long time, and it still not loading. See the following picture for a good idea of what I am saying.
Here is the relevant portion from journalctl
Mar 31 00:05:07 linux-master /etc/gdm/Xsession[1838]: startkde: Starting up...
Mar 31 00:05:35 linux-master systemd[1]: Starting Stop Read-Ahead Data Collection...
Mar 31 00:05:35 linux-master systemd[1]: Started Stop Read-Ahead Data Collection.
Mar 31 00:08:53 linux-master gdm-Xorg-:0[1304]: (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
Mar 31 00:08:53 linux-master systemd[1]: Starting Getty on tty2...
Mar 31 00:08:53 linux-master systemd[1]: Started Getty on tty2.
As you can see, I waited for around 3 minutes before pressing Alt+Ctrl+F2
and rebooting system. Also, there is no logs to show any kind of error. I looked for the hidden file .xsession-errors
in my home directory and it is not there. Itried KDE Plasma failsafe mode
but that also not starting up. Hanging at disk loading icon.
So, my problem is: i don't get KDE starting up. Also, no logs to pinpoint to any reason for that. I expect any help to find the problem, atleast to find the logs and know what the error is. Right know all I can search on google is KDE not working or KDE not starting.
Can you check that you can successfully write as your user to your .xsession-errors file? It's odd that you have nothing. You might also try temporarily switching to kdm and seeing if that makes any difference.
hi , try to see if you got anything in logs under /var/log like kdm.log gdm.log Xorg.0.log messages
Can you please file a bug report? I too have this problem from time to time. Please post back the bug link here.
I have a similar Issue: https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/53094/unable-to-log-in-to-kde-but-other-desktops/
still waiting for help.