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#1 2004-08-29 18:39:36

hypermegachi
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Registered: 2004-07-25
Posts: 311

upgrade to kde 3.3, io slave error

i just did a recent upgrade to 3.3, and now when i start up kde i get a popup with an error message saying:

Coult not start process Unable to create io-slave
klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'file'.

i've tried deleting my .kde and .kderc directories in my home directory.  tried a reboot too.  and i still get the same error.

the run command doesn't work either cuz it seems like all the paths don't carry over or something.

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#2 2004-08-29 18:54:51

Mr Green
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From: U.K.
Registered: 2003-12-21
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Re: upgrade to kde 3.3, io slave error

check you permissions in your /home dir ...

I had a problem with .ICEauthority  being set as root

HTH


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#3 2004-08-29 19:15:14

Abaddon
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From: Poland
Registered: 2004-05-03
Posts: 249

Re: upgrade to kde 3.3, io slave error

I had the same problem on gentoo when I had compilled kde... I was searching for help everywhere... on gentoo forums, on bugs.kde.org etc.

Problem is not solved. I think it's caused by my broken ram memory...


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#4 2004-08-30 01:44:04

hypermegachi
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Re: upgrade to kde 3.3, io slave error

checked .ICEauthority, the user has rw permissions and is owned by the user.

kde works as root however, so something's fishy around here...

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#5 2004-08-30 07:27:31

tpowa
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From: Lauingen , Germany
Registered: 2004-04-05
Posts: 2,322

Re: upgrade to kde 3.3, io slave error

check your permission on tmp dir
/tmp /var/tmp

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#6 2004-09-01 16:13:33

hypermegachi
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Registered: 2004-07-25
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Re: upgrade to kde 3.3, io slave error

tpowa wrote:

check your permission on tmp dir
/tmp /var/tmp

both are 777ed, doesn't work
the ksocket-user or whatever the filename is under /var/tmp is owned by the user with rw permissions

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