[ale] KDE mis-behavior

[drifter at oppositelock.org (Drifter)]

Just finished an update and rebooted. In all, 94 updates, including the 
kernel ( 2.6.34.7-66.fc13.x86_64 x86_64)

Weirdness ensued.

Up through account log-in everything was normal.  Typed in password and 
screen went black, except for the white outline of the cursor.
Ctrl+Alt+Del kept the screen black, but added white outlines of boxes for 
various applications, complete with names.

On reboot shifted the session type from KDE to KDE (failsafe mode) and 
that seems to work. Running KDE 4.5.4. A straight gnome session also 
works.

So, the following questions suggest themselves:

1. What particular KDE updated app might be causing this problem;
2. What is the difference between a regular KDE session and "failsafe 
mode?"

Hints would be appreciated?


Sean

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