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#1 2009-06-25 23:28:47

3120
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[SOLVED]kde wont start, error

when i log in as normal user and type startx i get this:

the following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE: mo write to '/home/username/.ICEauthority'. KDE was unable to start.

then:

could not start ksmserver. check  your installion.

it just happened out of nowhere

Last edited by 3120 (2009-06-26 00:13:32)

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#2 2009-06-25 23:37:48

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Re: [SOLVED]kde wont start, error

Sounds to me like you tried to run a kde tool, most likely systemsettings, with root permissions in a bad way and it ate permissions to your ICEauthority file. Use kdesu or kdesudo to run it next time perhaps.

Try this as root/sudo (it may need two colons on the latter, I always mix em up, but I don't think so):

chmod 600 /home/yourname/.ICEauthority
chown yourname:users /home/yourname/.ICEauthority

Last edited by FrozenFox (2009-06-25 23:41:59)

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#3 2009-06-26 00:13:13

3120
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Re: [SOLVED]kde wont start, error

well appreciated.

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#4 2009-06-26 11:27:22

boogachamp
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Re: [SOLVED]kde wont start, error

I get the same error, but I don'r have a .ICEAuthority file sad

This happened with a fresh install yesterday.

Thoughts?

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#5 2009-06-26 16:36:44

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Re: [SOLVED]kde wont start, error

Is that a typo? The A should not be capitalized. Ie, ~/.ICEauthority, not ~/.ICEAuthority.

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