Problem in Konsole

[Carol76]

I tried to enter Konqueror via sudo in Konsole so that I could place two files in a root folder,

ie I typed: sudo konqueror

I got the following error:

carol@carol-desktop:~$ sudo konqueror
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
 Major opcode: 147
 Minor opcode: 3
 Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
 Major opcode: 147
 Minor opcode: 3
 Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
ScimInputContextPlugin()
konqueror: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Cannot talk to klauncher
konqueror: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Cannot talk to klauncher
konqueror: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Cannot talk to klauncher
konqueror: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Cannot talk to klauncher
konqueror: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Cannot talk to klauncher
konqueror: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Cannot talk to klauncher
konqueror: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Cannot talk to klauncher
konqueror: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Cannot talk to klauncher
konqueror: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Cannot talk to klauncher
~ScimInputContextPlugin()
carol@carol-desktop:~$

Any ideas?

All I've done today is installed Automatix, and when it asked me if I wanted the resources restored I said no (because I wanted automatix to update etc) I THOUGHT this was the right thing to do, now all my ones that had http://gb.**** have now changed and the gb has been removed... not sure if that's right?

Or if it even has anything to do with the above problem

I'm so stoooooooooooooooooooooopid

[Fenyx]

Re: Problem in Konsole

well, the first part of the error message is harmless.

the second part of the errors I'm not sure, but it might be caused by trying to run Konqueror using sudo. Never use sudo when launching GUI/graphical apps. use kdesu instead.

kdesu konqueror

About the removal of "gb." in your sources.list, nothing really wrong with it. It only means that you won't be using a mirror, which would probably be closer to you, and probably be faster. Anyway, the "gb." mirrors are problematic, and most replace it with "uk." So you're quite safe.

[Carol76]

Re: Problem in Konsole

nope I tried kdesu konqueror and I'm STILL getting the same stuff, that it can't launch the Klauncher, and Konqueror says "can't talk to klauncher"

I honestly don't know what the flip I've done but it was working before I re-installed and removed ubuntu all together

[lowey23]

Re: Problem in Konsole

It really seems something to do with your /etc/apt/sources.list. Could you post that for us?

And get rid of the cat, that can't be of any assistance. Mine's not.

Cheers

Lowey

[Carol76]

Re: Problem in Konsole

What's wrong with my signature/avatar?

anyway...

## Automatix sources.list
## This is automatically generated by Automatix


####################################
### Official Ubuntu Repositories ###
####################################

# Dapper Final Release Repository
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper main
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper main

deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper restricted
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper restricted

deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper universe
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper universe

deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper multiverse
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper multiverse

# Dapper Security Updates
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-security main
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-security main

deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-security restricted
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-security restricted

deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-security universe
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-security universe

deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-security multiverse
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-security multiverse

# Dapper Bugfix Updates
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-updates main
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-updates main

deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-updates restricted
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-updates restricted

deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-updates universe
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-updates universe

deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-updates multiverse
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-updates multiverse

# Dapper Backports (new software versions, provided by the Ubuntu Backports Project)
#deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-backports main
#deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-backports main

#deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-backports restricted
#deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-backports restricted

deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

#deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-backports universe
#deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-backports universe

#deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-backports multiverse
#deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-backports multiverse

deb [url]http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper-commercial main


##############################
### Automatix Repositories ###
##############################

deb [url]http://www.getautomatix.com/apt[/url] kubuntu main

## created by automatixrepo2
deb [url]http://people.ubuntu.com/~seb128/deb[/url] ./

When Automatix finished doing everything it installed it gave me the option to restore my original sources list, or not.. I chose not because I THOUGHT that automatix needed to update the sources list so that it could auto update.. I could be very wrong though

I THOUGHT it might be something to do with that, as everything was fine UNTIL I installed Automatix, I really haven't got a clue when it comes to Linux, I'm surprised I can still get on the internet rofl

[Carol76]

Re: Problem in Konsole

I could do with this sorting pretty soon, otherwise I'm going to have to give up and re-install AGAIN

[claydoh]

Re: Problem in Konsole

konqueror: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Cannot talk to klauncher
konqueror: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Cannot talk to klauncher
konqueror: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Cannot talk to klauncher
konqueror: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Cannot talk to klauncher

http://www.nwthomas.com/blog/?p=35
klauncher is a daemon responsible for launching various KDE services, so I would try first logging out and back in to see if that fixes it, or using this command in a terminal:

kdeinit

klauncher is probably not running, and restarting KDE might fix that, especially if you have just updated kde without logging off and back on to unload the old bits and load the new ones.

[Carol76]

Re: Problem in Konsole

I got this:

not sure whether I should remove what it says to remove? and I don't know how to "start dcopserver" unless it just means a reboot and CTRL, ALT, BCKSPCE?

carol@carol-desktop:~$ kdeinit
kdeinit: Shutting down running client.
---------------------------------
It looks like dcopserver is already running. If you are sure
that it is not already running, remove /home/carol/.DCOPserver_carol-desktop__0
and start dcopserver again.
---------------------------------

KDE Daemon (kded) already running.
kbuildsycoca running...
Reusing existing ksycoca
carol@carol-desktop:~$

[claydoh]

Re: Problem in Konsole

it is safe to remove that file, and you don't have to reboot, just log out and back in. Does simply logging out/in fix your problem?

[Carol76]

Re: Problem in Konsole

I've restarted my pc more times than I've had erm... yeah.. to no avail...

So. please tell me what do I do now?

Do I go and delete that file... then what do I do?

I forgot to mention (doh, might be important) that my home directory could still have gnome files/commands or whatever on, because I couldn't format it, I didn't have anywhere to store all the 30gig of things I wanted to keep could this be causing a problem?

[claydoh]

Re: Problem in Konsole

No problems having gnome files around But do check that you have room left on that drive, that it is not full just in case. Having a separate home partition is a very good way to keep from loosing your personalized stuff.

But do delete anything in your home dir that looks similar to .DCOPserver_carol-desktop__0. I have 2, so try deleting :
.DCOPserver_carol-desktop__0
and
.DCOPserver_carol-desktop__:0

and then log out/in

If you have not set up anything important in your KDE setup (ie Desktop settings, email, etc) you may also consider deleting (or renaming - to save any config files) your /home/carol/.kde directory. This in essence gives you a clean "virgin" desktop and that sometimes does the trick as well, without having to do a full install.

[Carol76]

Re: Problem in Konsole

But do check that you have room left on that drive, that it is not full just in case.

It's a 200 Gig drive rofl

If you have not set up anything important in your KDE setup (ie Desktop settings, email, etc) you may also consider deleting (or renaming - to save any config files) your /home/carol/.kde directory.

unless a complete re-install (Again) is necessary, this would not be an option, I have sooooo much stuff set up now

I will try and find the .dcop server files and see how that helps

[Carol76]

Re: Problem in Konsole

ok, I found those two .dcop files, deleted them and then logged out, CTRL ALT BcSpc aswell, and I still can't get into konqueror via root (sudo OR kdesu)

I did a search and apparently there's one of those .dcop files in the root directory too, but obviously I cannot delete that one because I can't get flippin root access.

I'm going to cry.

[Carol76]

Re: Problem in Konsole

I'm giving up for tonight, I'm so stuck and it seems as though no-one knows exactly what my problem is (I'm not blaming you)

It looks like that flippin re-install is looming ever closer *sobs lots*

[lowey23]

Re: Problem in Konsole

Hi, Carol, there was nothing wrong with your avatar, I was just having a dig at your cat.

Your sources.list seems fine, I'm not really sure why I thought the problem might be there. While I'm unable to help, Im sure someone here will. Re-install, in my opinion, is a really last resort. Hang in there.

Lowey