[NTLUG:Discuss] Unable to log into KDE

[Wayne Dahl]

All,

I've had an issue with my computer.  I installed Kubuntu 13.04 on a
fairly new computer I've built on 2 separate hard drives, one with the
OS and one with /home.  It was unstable, locking up to the point that
the only way I could do anything with it was a hard reset.  After one of
these episodes, upon reboot and after a hard drive check run by Kubuntu,
the login prompt comes up for KDE, but when I put in my password for my
username, it acted like it was going to log in only to return to the
login prompt.  I could put in a wrong password and it would tell me it
was wrong.  I put in my correct password and it would chew on it for a
few seconds, look like it was going to log in and then return promptly
to the login propt with no error message.

Thinking something got hosed in the install and, because the
installation across the two hard drives was unstable (I think the OS
drive has something wrong with it...I haven't used it in a very long
time), I reinstalled on the same drive the /home partition is on, which
is how it was installed in an old tower I had that had the motherboard
crap out in it.  Long story short, after reinstalling on the same hard
drive that it worked flawlessly on before, I still can't log in.  I get
the KDE login screen, put in my password and get the same behavior as
before, it goes right back to the login screen with no errors.

I'm sure this is probably something simple, but I really have no idea
what to look for on this one.  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
-- 
Wayne Dahl

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