[SOLVED] log into KDE given a blank black screen with mouse cursor

hi,
noticed kwin using much higher cpu usage then normal, restarted KDE, everything seemed ok and then, while copying a file over to a samba share, my desktop went black with only a mouse cursor.
Restarted KDE, rebooted pc, reinstalled KDE (everything), xorg, nvidia, deleted xorg.conf created new user but nothing will give me my desktop back
once when i logged on, i had a kde crash report and messages on my widgets saying missing components. Tried to submit bug but missing debugging tools.
sometimes KDE won't log in at all.
forced an fsck on next boot with no errors found.
please help
thanks
EDIT: [solved] I had filled up my /var partition. cleaned pacman cache and all is good again. Phew!
Last edited by Fungyo (2009-12-07 08:10:40)

Hi,
Have you tried the suggestion Cyber_Defend_Team provided?
If the issue persists, start the computer in Safe mode to check the result:
If it doesn't reappear when you start in safe mode, you can eliminate the default settings and basic device drivers as possible causes. If a recently installed program, device, or driver prevents Windows from running correctly, you can start your computer
in safe mode and then remove the program that's causing the problem.
If it still in the safe mode, we may need to repair the installation with the recovery media.
In addition, please logon the problematic computer with the domain user account which works fine in other computer to test to see if it's the user account issue.
Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support

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