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    Login problem: "cannot start kdeinit..."

    Hi!

    Today when I tried to log on to my laptop I encountered the following error:

    "Cannot start kdeinit. Check your installation"

    I Could log on in failsafe mode, but in failsafe mode I could only access a Konsole-window. When I tried to start kdeinit from the konsole, I got the following output:

    root@delphi-laptop:~# startkde
    xsetroot:  unable to open display ''
    xset:  unable to open display ""
    xsetroot:  unable to open display ''
    startkde: Starting up...
    ksplash: cannot connect to X server
    xprop:  unable to open display ''
    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

    /usr/bin/startkde: line 335: start_kdeinit: command not found
    startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation.
    Error: Can't open display:
    Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
    ksmserver: cannot connect to X server
    ERROR: Couldn't attach to DCOP server!
    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 ''
    usage:  xprop [-options ...] [[format [dformat]] atom] ...

    [options and flags cut out by me]

    startkde: Done.
    root@delphi-laptop:~#


    The (kind of obvious) question now is what is wrong, and what can I do to fix it?

    I have already googled for answers, but I found nothing that seemed to deal with this exact problem. One post I found suggested a permission problem, so that might be it.

    I apologize for any bad English, I am not a native English speaker. Also, I'm kind of a linux noob, so it woud be really nice is any answers could be kept a bit simple

    Thanks in advance

    - Delphi

    #2
    Re: Login problem: "cannot start kdeinit..."

    Nevermind, I sort of fixed it by reinstalling Kubuntu. However, this is not the best solution to the problem, so if anyone has a solution that doesn't require a reinstall, it would be really nice if you could post it somewhere, so I or someone else kan find it the next time we need it...

    - Delphi

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