[tlug] Kubuntu 8.04 -> 8.10 Upgrade "Problems"

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

After downloading and installing Kubuntu 8.10 32-bit desktop on a spare 
IBM NetVista, I decided to go ahead and install it on the machine that 
would do the least damage to my everyday routine first --- my ThinkPad 
R61, currently running 64-bit 8.04.  I decided to upgrade rather than 
install new.

After following the upgrade procedures outlined on the Kubuntu.org site, 
I rebooted and ... I see the "This is your PC on drugs" background, but 
no combobox asking for entering my user ID or my password.  I have 
rebooted using the repair function for the latest kernel, and have run 
the xorg fix, the dpkg fix, and the cleanup function with no effect on 
the problem.

Before I D/L a new .iso and make my HDD a virgin again, is there another 
possible fix from root?  Google has not been my friend this time.

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CL