Fedora 19, KDE 4.11.1, no login screen

[andrea]

On 21/09/13 15:39, andrea wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just updated F19 and after reboot I do not get the usual kdm login screen.
> The graphic screen with the F stays there forever.
> 
> I can login in text mode and run 'startx' and I get to the normal KDE session.
> 
> Looking at the logs I only noticed
> 
> [FAILED] Wait for Plymouh Boot Screen to quit
> 
> and in /var/log/messages
> 
> there is something about
> 
> Sep 21 15:24:35 localhost kdm[335]: plymouth --ping -> 0
> Sep 21 15:24:35 localhost kdm[335]: plymouth is running ...
> Sep 21 15:24:35 localhost kdm[335]: plymouth deactivate -> 0
> Sep 21 15:24:35 localhost kdm[335]: plymouth --has-active-vt -> 0
> Sep 21 15:24:35 localhost kdm[335]: plymouth should quit when server starts
> Sep 21 15:24:36 localhost kdm[335]: plymouth is active on VT 1, reusing for :0
> Sep 21 15:24:36 localhost kdm[335]: X server startup timeout, terminating
> Sep 21 15:24:36 localhost kdm[335]: X server for display :0 cannot be started, session disabled
> 
> any idea?
> 

It happened again.
The main console is stuck with the list of all services and the only error is

[FAILED] Failed to start Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit

I have run startx from an other console.
Let's hope deleting the usual /var/... folder will fix it.

Andrea