Login problem after upgrade

[nilsA]

I also did repeat the updates you recommended yesterday -

the first uptate gives the same problem with slpd.

So does the last, but in the body of text during installing, I found this:

Processing triggers for gnome-icon-theme (3.10.0-0ubuntu2) ...
kbuildsycoca4 running...
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-nils" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kbuildsycoca4(5936)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::init: The desktop entry file "/usr/share/applications/evolution-data-server-uoa.desktop" has Type= "Application" but no Exec line

kbuildsycoca4(5936) KBuildServiceFactory::createEntry: Invalid Service : "/usr/share/applications/evolution-data-server-uoa.desktop"
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Setter opp slpd (1.2.1-9) ... [setting up slpd (1.2.1.9]

[otisklt]

"Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-nils" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0"

This indicates that it is expecting uid 0 or root to be the owner instead of uid 1000 which is you.

You can check that location with 'ls -la' and find what needs to be set back to root as the owner... then 'sudo chown root:root filename' or /var/tmp/*.*

[nilsA]

The output when I do 'ls -la' is like this:

nils@ubuntuNils:/$ ls -la
totalt 140
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 okt. 12 22:57 .
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 okt. 12 22:57 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 okt. 12 22:48 bin
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 okt. 10 20:13 boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 mai 29 2011 .config
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4500 okt. 15 12:07 dev
drwxr-xr-x 226 root root 20480 okt. 15 12:07 etc
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 aug. 2 2012 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 okt. 10 20:10 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-37-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 okt. 6 22:37 initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-36-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 mai 29 2011 .kde
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 okt. 12 22:48 lib
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 okt. 6 21:51 lib32
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 okt. 12 22:51 lib64
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 okt. 6 21:51 libx32
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 mai 29 2011 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 okt. 14 20:33 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 april 21 2011 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 okt. 6 22:35 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 277 root root 0 okt. 15 12:07 proc
drwx------ 16 root root 4096 okt. 6 22:37 root
drwxr-xr-x 36 root root 1200 okt. 15 12:11 run
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 okt. 12 22:55 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 mai 29 2011 srv
dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 0 okt. 15 12:07 sys
drwxrwxrwt 14 root root 12288 okt. 15 12:17 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 okt. 12 22:51 usr
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 okt. 10 13:50 var
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 okt. 10 20:10 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 okt. 6 22:37 vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-36-generic
nils@ubuntuNils:/$


I have to admit - this does not say anything to me. What should I do next?

[nilsA]

There still is a problem - probably upgrading.

When Kubuntu desktop is starting get this message:

"System program problem detected."

Then, as I try upgrading, it will abort at the end. This is related to "slpd".

I have tried purging "slpd" - succedds.

But when I try instlling it:

nils@ubuntuNils:/$ sudo apt-get install slpd
Leser pakkelister ... Ferdig
Skaper oversikt over avhengighetsforhold
Leser tilstandsinformasjon ... Ferdig
Følgende NYE pakker vil bli installert:
slpd
0 oppgraderte, 1 nylig installerte, 0 å fjerne og 0 ikke oppgradert.
Må hente 67,8 kB med arkiver.
Etter denne operasjonen vil 187 kB ekstra diskplass bli brukt.
Hent:1 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe slpd amd64 1.2.1-9 [67,8 kB]
Hentet 67,8 kB på 0s (281 kB/s)
Velger den tidligere bortvalgte pakka «slpd».
(Leser database ... 1439360 filer og kataloger er for øyeblikket installerte.)
Preparing to unpack .../slpd_1.2.1-9_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking slpd (1.2.1-9) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setter opp slpd (1.2.1-9) ...
+ [ configure = configure ]
+ dpkg --compare-versions le 1.2.1-7.6
+ echo Reinstalling init script for new priorities ...
Reinstalling init script for new priorities ...
+ update-rc.d slpd remove
update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/slpd exists during rc.d purge (use -f to force)
dpkg: error processing package slpd (--configure):
underprosessen installerte post-installation-skript returnerte feilstatus 1
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Det oppsto feil ved behandling av:
slpd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
nils@ubuntuNils:/$

So, I am able to purge "slpd" but the file "slpd" in /etc/init.d remains.

Should I remove that file before trying to reinstall it?

[Snowhog]

Yes.

However, after removing /etc/init.d/slpd, reinstalling is most likely going to result in the same initial issue. I just installed slpd here. I got this:

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  slpd
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 67.8 kB of archives.
After this operation, 187 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe slpd amd64 1.2.1-9 [67.8 kB]
Fetched 67.8 kB in 0s (125 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package slpd.
(Reading database ... 176746 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../slpd_1.2.1-9_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking slpd (1.2.1-9) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up slpd (1.2.1-9) ...
+ [ configure = configure ]
+ dpkg --compare-versions  le 1.2.1-7.6
+ echo Reinstalling init script for new priorities ...
Reinstalling init script for new priorities ...
+ update-rc.d slpd remove
update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/slpd exists during rc.d purge (use -f to force)
dpkg: error processing package slpd (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 slpd
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/locale: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/man: 0 KiB
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML: 0 KiB

Total disk space freed by localepurge: 0 KiB

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

slpd was not previously installed here. I removed /etc/init.d/slpd and then purged slpd without any issues. My guess is that the application wasn't packaged very well.

[nilsA]

Thanks - now I deleted the slpd file and purged the slpd program (or whatever it is).

It seems loading Linux and Kubuntu runs a little faster, but I still get the warning:

"System program problem detected."

'sudo apt-get -f install'
and
'sudo dpkg --configure --pending'

does not change anything either.

So I most probably have a problem of some sort, but it seems not to bother me at this time/what I have been trying to do.

Perhaps the best thing is wait to se what happens when the next upgrades are present. If they install ok and I have no other problem than a slightly annoying error message when the Kubuntu desktop appears, then I probably can live well with that.

[otisklt]

The output when I do 'ls -la' is like this:

nils@ubuntuNils:/$ ls -la
totalt 140
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 okt. 12 22:57 .
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 okt. 12 22:57 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 okt. 12 22:48 bin
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 okt. 10 20:13 boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 mai 29 2011 .config
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4500 okt. 15 12:07 dev
drwxr-xr-x 226 root root 20480 okt. 15 12:07 etc
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 aug. 2 2012 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 okt. 10 20:10 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-37-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 okt. 6 22:37 initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-36-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 mai 29 2011 .kde
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 okt. 12 22:48 lib
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 okt. 6 21:51 lib32
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 okt. 12 22:51 lib64
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 okt. 6 21:51 libx32
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 mai 29 2011 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 okt. 14 20:33 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 april 21 2011 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 okt. 6 22:35 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 277 root root 0 okt. 15 12:07 proc
drwx------ 16 root root 4096 okt. 6 22:37 root
drwxr-xr-x 36 root root 1200 okt. 15 12:11 run
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 okt. 12 22:55 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 mai 29 2011 srv
dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 0 okt. 15 12:07 sys
drwxrwxrwt 14 root root 12288 okt. 15 12:17 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 okt. 12 22:51 usr
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 okt. 10 13:50 var
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 okt. 10 20:10 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 okt. 6 22:37 vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-36-generic
nils@ubuntuNils:/$


I have to admit - this does not say anything to me. What should I do next?

Do the ls -la on your home directory instead... those are the files that need to be under your control instead of root.
In the listing you gave the root root for each line means owner name / group name. So the stuff in /home/username/ should all show username username for each line except for the .. line.

[nilsA]

Do the ls -la on your home directory instead... those are the files that need to be under your control instead of root.
In the listing you gave the root root for each line means owner name / group name. So the stuff in /home/username/ should all show username username for each line except for the .. line.

Is this what you are looking for?

nils@ubuntuNils:/home$ ls .la
ls: klarte ikke å åpne .la: Ingen slik fil eller filkatalog
nils@ubuntuNils:/home$ ls -la
totalt 16
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 aug. 2 2012 .
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 okt. 12 22:57 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 mai 29 2011 .directory -> /etc/kubuntu-default-settings/directory-home
drwxr-xr-x 6 mythtv mythtv 4096 okt. 10 14:16 mythtv
drwxr-xr-x 52 nils nils 4096 okt. 23 20:33 nils

Or is it this:

nils@ubuntuNils:~$ ls -la
totalt 5545344
drwxr-xr-x 52 nils nils 4096 okt. 23 20:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 aug. 2 2012 ..
drwx------ 3 nils nils 4096 juni 29 2012 .adobe
-rw------- 1 nils nils 10925 okt. 23 20:30 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 nils nils 220 mai 29 2011 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 nils nils 3353 mai 29 2011 .bashrc
drwx------ 2 nils nils 4096 okt. 10 14:40 .bcast
drwxr-xr-x 2 nils nils 4096 mai 29 2011 Bilder
drwxr-xr-x 18 nils nils 4096 okt. 12 23:02 .cache
-rw-rw-r-- 1 nils nils 5678137344 aug. 8 19:50 CD_8048.iso
drwxrwxr-x 4 nils nils 4096 nov. 20 2011 .cddb
drwxr-xr-x 24 nils nils 4096 okt. 14 20:35 .config
drwx------ 3 nils nils 4096 mai 29 2011 .dbus
-rw------- 1 nils nils 48 aug. 20 2011 .directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 nils nils 29 okt. 10 14:23 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 nils nils 4096 okt. 6 20:00 Dokumenter
drwx------ 14 nils nils 4096 okt. 23 20:34 Dropbox
drwx------ 5 nils nils 4096 okt. 23 20:34 .dropbox
drwxr-xr-x 4 nils nils 4096 feb. 14 2012 .dropbox-dist
drwxrwxr-x 2 nils nils 4096 mars 25 2012 .dropbox-dist-new
drwxr-xr-x 9 nils nils 4096 april 25 19:44 .dvdcss
-rw------- 1 nils nils 16 mai 29 2011 .esd_auth
drwxr-xr-x 2 nils nils 4096 juli 6 19:47 .fontconfig
lrwxrwxrwx 1 nils nils 40 okt. 6 20:57 .fonts.conf -> /home/nils/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
drwx------ 3 nils nils 4096 okt. 23 20:34 .gconf
drwx------ 2 nils nils 4096 okt. 14 2011 .gconfd
drwx------ 4 nils nils 4096 mai 31 2011 .gegl-0.0
drwxr-xr-x 22 nils nils 4096 des. 17 2013 .gimp-2.6
-rw-r----- 1 nils nils 0 juni 28 2013 .gksu.lock
drwx------ 4 nils nils 4096 okt. 19 00:13 .gnome2
drwx------ 2 nils nils 4096 mai 29 2011 .gnome2_private
drwx------ 3 nils nils 4096 mai 8 2012 .gnupg
drwxr-xr-x 2 nils nils 4096 okt. 28 2013 .gstreamer-0.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 nils nils 82 okt. 10 14:23 .gtkrc-2.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 nils nils 82 mai 8 2012 .gtkrc-2.0-kde4
drwx------ 2 nils nils 4096 mai 29 2011 .gvfs
drwx------ 6 nils nils 4096 juni 7 2011 .kde
drwxr-xr-x 5 nils nils 4096 juni 29 2012 kdenlive
drwxr-xr-x 3 nils nils 4096 mai 29 2011 .libreoffice
drwxr-xr-x 3 nils nils 4096 mai 29 2011 .local
drwx------ 3 nils nils 4096 juni 29 2012 .macromedia
drwxr-xr-x 2 nils nils 4096 mai 29 2011 Maler
drwx------ 4 nils nils 4096 mai 31 2011 .mozilla
drwxr-xr-x 2 nils nils 4096 mai 29 2011 Musikk
drwxrwxr-x 8 nils nils 4096 aug. 2 2012 .mythtv
drwxr-xr-x 3 nils nils 4096 mars 7 2014 Nedlastinger
drwxr-xr-x 2 nils nils 4096 mai 29 2011 Offentlig
-rw-r--r-- 1 nils nils 675 mai 29 2011 .profile
drwx------ 2 nils nils 4096 okt. 23 20:35 .pulse
-rw------- 1 nils nils 256 mai 29 2011 .pulse-cookie
drwxr-xr-x 2 nils nils 4096 juni 14 2011 .qt
-rw------- 1 nils nils 13951 okt. 19 22:58 .recently-used
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 okt. 10 13:54 .rpmdb
drwxr-xr-x 3 nils nils 4096 juni 14 2011 .scribus
drwxrwxr-x 4 nils nils 4096 mars 7 2014 .shotwell
drwxr-xr-x 5 nils nils 4096 aug. 9 11:12 Skrivebord
drwxrwxr-x 2 nils nils 4096 mars 23 2013 smb4k
drwx------ 2 nils nils 4096 aug. 2 2012 .smolt
-rw-r--r-- 1 nils nils 0 mai 29 2011 .sudo_as_admin_successful
drwx------ 4 nils nils 4096 mai 29 2011 .thumbnails
drwx------ 2 nils nils 4096 juni 29 2013 .TrueCrypt
drwxrwxr-x 2 nils nils 4096 nov. 20 2011 ukjent – ukjent
drwxr-xr-x 2 nils nils 4096 mai 29 2011 Videoklipp
drwxr-xr-x 2 nils nils 4096 juni 29 2012 .VirtualBox
drwx------ 2 nils nils 4096 okt. 12 22:42 .watershed
-rw------- 1 nils nils 165 okt. 23 20:33 .Xauthority
drwxr-xr-x 2 nils nils 4096 april 9 2014 .xine
-rw------- 1 nils nils 234 okt. 23 20:33 .xsession-errors
-rw------- 1 nils nils 412 okt. 23 20:30 .xsession-errors.old
drwxr-xr-x 2 nils nils 4096 mai 29 2011 .zapping

[otisklt]

The 2nd one... giving the most detail
The .rpmdb is owned by root but typically that is not a required file for KDE/Kubuntu.
So I assume that is not a part of your Kubuntu install... as rpm stuff is Redhat/CentOS packages and it looks as if your home directory is mixed up with both Linux styles.

iiwy I would start over with a clean install.

[nilsA]

The 2nd one... giving the most detail
The .rpmdb is owned by root but typically that is not a required file for KDE/Kubuntu.
So I assume that is not a part of your Kubuntu install... as rpm stuff is Redhat/CentOS packages and it looks as if your home directory is mixed up with both Linux styles.

iiwy I would start over with a clean install.

After the last kernel upgrade everything seems just fine, so I'll be leaving it as it is. Don't know what happened, but something during upgrade, obviously.