Re: problems starting KDE after xorg update

2006-11-13 Thread Dan Keshet
I figured it out. For some reason, following the upgrade, the loopback interface wasn't binding to 127.0.0.1. So whenever KDE made RPC calls (which it does frequently for some things, including a lot of font-related things), it hung, waiting to timeout. Sorry to bother... Dan Keshet On Sund

Re: problems starting KDE after xorg update

2006-11-12 Thread Arthur Marsh
[replying to all as op said he wasn't subscribed] Dan Keshet wrote, On 2006-11-12 16:35: I did an apt-get upgrade, upgrading both xserver-xorg (7.0-7.1) and kde (3.5.4 to 3.5.5). Following this, I had trouble starting the xserver, which was fixed by updating my xorg.conf to use the new /usr/sha

Re: problems starting kde

2006-10-04 Thread Dietz Proepper
I assume you're using unstable... George Adamides: > Hello > I am following the instructions from a paper to install and start KDE. I > managed to install it and now I am trying to make it work...When I type > startkde I get the following message > > :~# startkde > > xsetroot: unable to open disp

Re: problems starting KDE

2005-08-28 Thread Bob Proulx
User Debian wrote: > 1. In ~/.xsession I have only one line "exec startkde" I know you already solved your problem but I wanted to comment upon this. You really probably want another line above it. #!/bin/bash --login exec startkde Then make sure it is executable to have effect. chmod a

Re: problems starting KDE

2005-08-24 Thread User Debian
Hallo everybody. First of all -- thanks really A LOT to David! It finally works. Stupid me -- one typo in /etc/network/interfaces and "lo" was not started. Once again - thank you all for your replies, Roman

Re: problems starting KDE

2005-08-23 Thread cbergmann
Hi, I remember having a similar problem some time ago: On start, KDE would freeze in the initializing screen. I am not shure about the background with mouse pointer and the .xsession-errors file, though. However, I solved this problem by removing some leftover KDE session file. I am not sure w

Re: problems starting KDE

2005-08-23 Thread charlie
On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:38:32 +0200 User Debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > > My question concerns starting KDE 3.3 on my fresh Etch installation > (i386 on AMD Athlon machine). > > 1. In ~/.xsession I have only one line "exec startkde" > > 2. X starts without any problems and Disp

Re: problems starting KDE

2005-08-23 Thread David Pye
On Tuesday 23 August 2005 13:10, User Debian wrote: > > The problem, as far as I can see is the DCOP communication problem. > > > > Check /etc/hosts, specifically, and ensure you have not messed with the > > line > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > > > and that your system hostname (uname -n) is resol

Re: problems starting KDE

2005-08-23 Thread User Debian
> The problem, as far as I can see is the DCOP communication problem. > > Check /etc/hosts, specifically, and ensure you have not messed with the line > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > and that your system hostname (uname -n) is resolvable by your chosen domain > name resolution system (DNS/files/NIS

Re: problems starting KDE

2005-08-23 Thread David Pye
On Monday 22 August 2005 17:38, User Debian wrote: > Dear All, > > 5. After killing the X with Ctrl+Alt+Bsp the .xsession-errors file reads: > -- > Xsession: X session started for at Mon Aug 22 18:28:16 CEST 2005 > ICE default IO