Can't log into KDE, with error: Could not start D-bus, can you call qdbus?
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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qt4-x11 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I suspect this has to do with libqt4-dbus, which was just upgraded this evening.
I'm running Kubutu Oneiric, with all of the latest packages. I currently have 4:4.7.3-4ubuntu5 installed.
What I expected: After entering my password to the KDM greeter, KDE would start up.
What happns: After entering my password, I get a box saying "Could not start D-bus, can you call qdbus?", with an "ok" button, and upon clicking ok, I'm sent back to the greeter.
Trying to launch qdbus from the command line gives the error that qdbus is not currently installed, but that I should install libqt4-dbus, however, trying to install libqt4-dbus from the command line (sudo apt-get install libqt4-dbus) gives the message that it is already the newest version.
I've tried the trick of moving the .kde to .kde_old, but that doesn't help.
I've tried dpkg-reconfigure libqt4-dbus
Neither helps. I suspect something (eg, qdbus) was left out of libqt4-dbus.
### WORKAROUND:
Install qt4-dev-tools
Changed in qt4-x11 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: oneiric |
Changed in qt4-x11 (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
description: | updated |
I note the following changelog for libqt4-dbus:
qt4-x11 (4:4.7.3-4ubuntu5) oneiric; urgency=low
* Move qdbus from libqt4-dbus to qt4-dev-tools, so that libqt4-dbus is installable. LP: #825689.
genuinely multiarch-
-- Steve Langasek <email address hidden> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:46:28 -0700
So I've installed qt4-dev-tools, which functions as a work around.