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memadlinux

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Registered: 2009-01-31

Posts: 2

kde startup error

my install of kde is not working. when i try to log in i get this error

Kstartupconfig4 does not exist or fails. this is error code 3. check

... i dont know what to do... maybe a uninstall and fresh install... i dont know..

thanks

,,, i know this is a archlinux forum so kde isnt really ur problem buuuut if anybody can help out

Last edited by memadlinux (2009-01-31 16:59:27)

Lexion

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Registered: 2008-03-23

Posts: 510

Re: kde startup error

Run

echo $PATH

It will show alot of directories separated by ':'s.  Then run

locate kstartupconfig4 | grep bin

if the file is not in one of the directories in $PATH, then copy it to /usr/bin.
If it is there, run this as root:

chown username /path/to/file/kstartupconfig4
chmod +x /path/to/file/kstartupconfig4

I hope this helps

EDIT: If this is too detailed, I'm sorry but I don't know your expertise in linux.

Last edited by Lexion (2009-01-31 22:31:58)

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ahcaliskan

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-10-29

Posts: 174

Re: kde startup error

if you type this command in a shell:

pacman -Ql | grep kstartupconfig4

do you get this output?:

kdebase-workspace /usr/bin/kstartupconfig4

if not, you might consider installing kdebase-workspace. If you let me know more about the errors in detail, I might help you better.

memadlinux

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Registered: 2009-01-31

Posts: 2

Re: kde startup error

Hey thanks for all the help...

(i was was using openbox under kdm-)
so i uninstalled and installed everything from the terminal with no X11 sessions running and it worked..

ioxer

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Registered: 2009-03-29

Posts: 3

Re: kde startup error

In case it helps anyone, I was having this issue as well, but reinstalling everything and temporarily moving my preferences folders didn't help. I then tried executing kstartupconfig4 and got a symbol lookup error (qt_locale_initialized).

In the end, it ended up being and issue with Qt, which made sense as I wasn't using the version of Qt that's in the repos. Since I had no reason to use the version I had any longer, I simply installed the latest version in the repos and all is now well.