Can't start kde

[ggeo]

Hello ,i just installed kubuntu and i can't start kde.I must mention that i kept my home partition from previous linux distro.

My problem is that when i log in it gives me:

Can't start dcopserver /home/X/.DCOPserver_X_O
Check if dcopserver is running

No write access to /home/X/.ICEauthority
KDE unable to start

Can i do sth for this?

Thanks!

[jankushka]

Re: Can't start kde

no idea as to what it might be...
though, you have an error message that gives a clue.
no write access to /home/X/.ICEauthority

without properly set permissions to this file, kde won't start.

if this file has wrong permissions, it might well be that other
files have wrong permissions too, but it happens that without
write permissions to this file, kde doesn't start.

so, i'd dare try the following:
a) start your box in recovery mode
b) issue the following command:

rm /home/X/.ICEauthority

not finding the .ICEauthority a new one will be created,
hopefully with the right permissions.

this is what i just experienced in my test env anyway...

good luck.

hth

[ggeo]

Re: Can't start kde

Hello
Thanks for the reply

I did this :

chown -R user:group /home/user

and everything went fine!

[jankushka]

Re: Can't start kde

well done.
cheers.