No login screen after update to 4.2.90

[Cary Bielenberg]

Georgi Kourtev wrote:
> Last night by mistake I did upgrade to the 4.2.90 beta from 4.2.4. Now 
> when I switch on the machine I don't have the login screen but a sign 
> "No greeter widget plugin loaded. Check the configuration". After that 
> - nothing.  My questions:
>
> 1) How to fix this?
> 2) How can I go back to KDE 4.2.4?
>
> I have only access to the machine through the safe boot mode (i.e. 
> terminal).
>
> Please help as cannot get in... Thanks.
> gk
Georgi,
             I have the same problem, what I do is logon with my 
username & password then run sudo startx
It's not advisable to do this long term but it will let you logon & 
update till it is fixed.

Cary