A critical error occurred. Please look at KDM's logfile(s) for more information

[Shabakthanai]

There is considerable information on this problem on this forum, however, my problem differs, in that, I cannot open the new installation because this error message comes at the login page.  If I attempt to open the computer using the username or root, upon entering the password, I get the error message.  When I attempt to open the computer using Failsafe, I get the same error message at Login.  I am not experienced with command line, so although I am able to open a root shell, I do not know the command that allows me to read the kdm logfile and don't know that I would recognize the error or how to correct an incorrect file.

Here is a perhaps relevant Posting on this forum for a similar problem.  "This also happened to me today ( I hadn't done an update for about a month.)   However,  I was still able to login and get a terminal as root and found my original  kdmrc file had been renamed  kdmrc.rpmsave so I copied it:-  cp /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.rpmsave  /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrcEverything now back to normal -  thanks".  Since I am unable to open to a working computer, I am unable to attempt his comment.

I am much more able to resolve the problem than my neighbor, but as you can see, I am not qualified to fix this problem.  He broke his OS by attempting to install microsoft games on his Linux OS, I believe. 

I installed copy of PCLOS 2010, and after a huge update, 1100+ packages, I tried to reboot the system. 

When working on my neighbors computer, I don't have access to the Internet or the forum from his computer, now that this error has occurred.  Is there any simple method of repair to this problem, and by that I mean, would installing a more recent copy of the application produce less updates and upgrades that may not duplicate this error?  Thanks for any help.

[menotu]

I think as this is a new install (is that correct?) I would suggest downloading the very latest KDE 2011.09 release - pclinuxos-kde-2011.09.iso and doing a completely new install.

You can find a download mirror on the following page (near bottom)

http://www.pclinuxos.com/?page_id=180

[Shabakthanai]

There is considerable information on this problem on this forum, however, my problem differs, in that, I cannot open the new installation because this error message comes at the login page.  If I attempt to open the computer using the username or root, upon entering the password, I get the error message.  When I attempt to open the computer using Failsafe, I get the same error message at Login.  I am not experienced with command line, so although I am able to open a root shell, I do not know the command that allows me to read the kdm logfile and don't know that I would recognize the error or how to correct an incorrect file.

Here is a perhaps relevant Posting on this forum for a similar problem.  "This also happened to me today ( I hadn't done an update for about a month.)   However,  I was still able to login and get a terminal as root and found my original  kdmrc file had been renamed  kdmrc.rpmsave so I copied it:-  cp /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.rpmsave  /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrcEverything now back to normal -  thanks".  Since I am unable to open to a working computer, I am unable to attempt his comment.

I am much more able to resolve the problem than my neighbor, but as you can see, I am not qualified to fix this problem.  He broke his OS by attempting to install microsoft games on his Linux OS, I believe. 

I installed copy of PCLOS 2010, and after a huge update, 1100+ packages, I tried to reboot the system. 

When working on my neighbors computer, I don't have access to the Internet or the forum from his computer, now that this error has occurred.  Is there any simple method of repair to this problem, and by that I mean, would installing a more recent copy of the application produce less updates and upgrades that may not duplicate this error?  Thanks for any help.

Thanks!