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frobelhof

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Registered: 2004-10-02

Posts: 16

After update xfree->xorg, no kde for regular user (Root o

In a silly mood I decided to finally move to xorg on my perfectly working laptop (centrino+ intel i810 graphics). It was the only thing that was  not up to date on this machine. 

This is where a lot of trouble began:
In kdm ( yes the x server works ok ) I choose a user account. Kde starts with the splash but sticks at "initializing peripherals".  Then bang, I'm back in kdm menu... 

After I have succesfully logged in and out as root, I can again log in as a user. Strange!

I pinned the problem down to kde complaining about the directory
/tmp/. ICE-unix
not belonging to root (indeed it belonged to the user that tried to log in.) When I change ownership to root before trying to log in, I can successfully log in. After every reboot however this will have to be repeated.

Anyone have a solution for this tedious problem?

phrakture

Arch Overlord

From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: After update xfree->xorg, no kde for regular user (Root o

please search the forums - this issue was discussed a few months back - IIRC you need to make sure certain daemons are running before starting kde...

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frobelhof

Member

Registered: 2004-10-02

Posts: 16

Re: After update xfree->xorg, no kde for regular user (Root o

I found this one. Sure this would work (the rc.local trick) but it doesn't tackle the source of the problem....

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … +kde+login

Is there any more wisdom on this issue?

tpowa

Developer

From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,322

Re: After update xfree->xorg, no kde for regular user (Root o

i strongly suggest run a simple pacman -Syu
then your rc.sysinit will be updated and should have the rigth entry for the /tmp/ files

phrakture

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From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: After update xfree->xorg, no kde for regular user (Root o

try here - last posts on both of these should help you out:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=8773
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=7424

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