Returned to login screen after shown consolekit warning

[me3061]

Hi all,

I am struggling to log into kubuntu. When I try to log in I am shown the warning "warning: cannot open consolekit session: unable to open session: the permission of the setuid helper is not correct". When I accept the warning it returns me to the login screen. My mouse and trackpad are also not working.

I have seen other posts with similar problems, however, everyone else seems to log in after accepting the warning.

Any help is appreciated.

[Rog132]

Virtual console

1) When you are on the log in screen



- don't log in
- press the Ctrl+Alt+function key ( Ctrl+Alt+F1)
- the virtual console should start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_console

2) With the virtual console



- log in
- start or try to start the X with the command:

startx

Do you get more error messages or is the graphical session starting ?

[me3061]

Thanks for the reply Rog132,

Turns out that I'm a complete noob... I have Kubuntu 12.04 not 13.04. Nonetheless, part of your advice was still helpful. Here's what I did to solve the problem:
1) Didn't log in.
2) Pressed Ctrl+Alt+Function key (Ctrl+Alt+F1)
3) Logged in with the virtual console
4) typed "sudo dpkg --configure -a"
5) logged out
6) restarted

Everything worked after that.

Thanks a lot.