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    can't login after upgrade

    i've installed kubuntu dapper, uncomented every repository line, then updated, upgraded and dist-upgraded. after doing this, i reboot and the login window appears, i write both username and password, the screen goes black and the login window appears again, can't pass it! this happens over and over again as i try to login. please help. thanks

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    Re: can't login after upgrade

    when i start in recovery mode it throws this error:

    Error opening /dev/wacom: No such file or directory
    (EE) xf8600penSerial: cannot open device /dev/wacom

    the error above appears many times and then this one:

    waiting for X server to shut down FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
    refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

    would appreciate if anyone could help me.

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      #3
      Re: can't login after upgrade

      Hi,

      Don't know if you solved your problem, anyway you should try to go to terminal window (in normal boot, type <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<F1> when you see the login screen), you will get to a black screen, enter your login and when asked your password.
      Then try to update your system again, maybe something broken down, during last upgrade :
      sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

      After installing all stuff, reboot and check if it's better, if you get any error, please copy it here.

      Cheers

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        #4
        Re: can't login after upgrade

        I'm having the same problem and followed your instructions, but the same error message persists. What is dev/wacom? I'm guessing it needs replaced? How would I go about doing so if a distro upgrade didn't work?

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          #5
          Re: can't login after upgrade

          In fact, this dev/wacom it's in the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf

          You can check how to solve this by making a search on the subject "BadDevice wacom"
          And you should get it, if I remember well, the solution was to comment the paragraphs about wacom and the lines were the devices about wacom appears...

          Cheers

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            #6
            Re: can't login after upgrade

            In regards to the FreeFont refcount error I solved that by removing my /home/greg/.xinitrc file. Weird eh? Hope this helps ya...

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