F9 goes black after logging in with this one user

[merc141]

I tried to logout and login after I got this wierd error with Kwrite (it just stops working all of a sudden... I have had this before and logging out and in again has fixed it in the past) and once I log in now as this user, it looks like its booting up fine for about a half second and then the screen goes black, except for the mouse pointer which I can move around. I am using Fedora 9 with KDE 4. I tried to Alt+Ctrl+backspace and login again but that doesn't work, logging in with root is perfectly fine, and logging in at the command prompt with the problem user is fine too. What can I do to try to fix this? I am kind of stumped on this, where do I start? Thank you.

 

[Bones]

Sounds like a KDE session problem. Try deleting the KDE settings directory (~/.kdesomething, i think) and let KDE revert to defaults on the next startup. This approach is sort of like smacking a thumbtack with a sledgehammer, but does have the advantage of being quick and easy. Back up the directory first, of course.