Hello,

I would like to ask what could this problem be in KDE 3.5. I boot my Sabayon Linux, login and KDE cannot start completely. It freezes, I think on these messages in the file .xsession-errors:

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xset:  bad font path element (#101), possible causes are:
    Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
    Directory missing fonts.dir
    Incorrect font server address or syntax
startkde: Starting up...
kdeinit: Shutting down running client.
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It looks like dcopserver is already running. If you are sure
that it is not already running, remove /home/rysiek/.DCOPserver_localhost__0
and start dcopserver again.
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WARNING: Waiting for already running klauncher to exit.
WARNING: Waiting for already running klauncher to exit.
WARNING: Another instance of klauncher is already running!
kdeinit: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
Warning: connect() failed: : Connection refused
ksmserver: Fatal IO error: client killed
ksplash: Fatal IO error: client killed
startkde: Shutting down...
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
Error: Can't contact kdeinit!
startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
xprop:  unable to open display ':0'
usage:  xprop [-options ...] [[format [dformat]] atom] ...

where options include:
    -grammar                       print out full grammar for command line
    -display host:dpy              the X server to contact
    -id id                         resource id of window to examine
    -name name                     name of window to examine
    -font name                     name of font to examine
    -remove propname               remove a property
    -set propname value            set a property to a given value
    -root                          examine the root window
    -len n                         display at most n bytes of any property
    -notype                        do not display the type field
    -fs filename                   where to look for formats for properties
    -frame                         don't ignore window manager frames
    -f propname format [dformat]   formats to use for property of given name
    -spy                           examine window properties forever

startkde: Done.


I then press CNTRL+Backspace to reload X-Window and then I can login and KDE starts. This always happens every day when I start my computer. The first KDE always hangs, the second finished and starts. I know there is a newer KDE4 version, but maybe there is a simple way to fix this problem?

Thanks for helping in advance.
Richard

Well I'm not any expert, but my bet is on this error:

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WARNING: Waiting for already running klauncher to exit.

I was still a noob when I went from my KDE3 to 4, so I might be talking non-sense.
I would find klauncherrc (it's in .kde) and delete it then try and restart KDE. I know that means loosing your settings but I would do that just to be sure.
If that's not the case then I (I'm more destructive in nature ) would delete the whole .kde folder; off course I would back it up before that.
Then it should work(tm). But then again if you get that far installing KDE4 doesn't sounds that much of a jump .

Hope that helps just a bit.

Also try deleting all of KDE's sockets outside a KDE session:

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rm -rf /tmp/ksocket-$USER/
rm -f ~/.DCOP*

Thanks very much. I don't know if this is the file:
.kde/share/config/klaunchrc

And this is what's in it:

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[BusyCursorSettings]
Blinking=false
Bouncing=true
Timeout=8

[FeedbackStyle]
BusyCursor=true
TaskbarButton=true

[TaskbarButtonSettings]
Timeout=8


I don't know if I can remove the file.
I have a copy with all my settings, the whole .kde directory. So I remove .kde and restore it. This doesn't seem to work.
However, when I checked my ROOT account, which works all the time does not have the .kde linked to .kde3.5, which I have on my account. I restored my KDE settings by restoring my backup directly into .kde. This didn't help.

I'll try bcooksley's solution and keep you posted.

Regards,
Richard.

I wouldn't say that klaunchrc is the file that you need. But I guess it doesn't matter.
I would try and copy root settings to user. As you reported that it works.

BTW do you have more than one panel, or did you had it in past?

Primoz wrote:I wouldn't say that klaunchrc is the file that you need. But I guess it doesn't matter.
I would try and copy root settings to user. As you reported that it works.

BTW do you have more than one panel, or did you had it in past?

Hi,

I have two panels, one on the top, and the standard KDE.
Copying from Root, yes that is the choice, but the problem is I spent too much time configuring my "Look and Feel" that I would hate to loose my settings to go through the painful process of configuring again. That's why I have a backup of .kde to be able to restore my settings.

Let's wait and see, I don't reboot my machine during weekends, so the next try is on Monday.

Thanks.
Richard.