On Donnerstag 20 August 2009, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 20. August 2009 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > > > > X errors might actually be in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old by then. > > > > > > Sorry for not answering earlier, but I rebuilt another kde4 version, > > > starting from a clean system backup. I'm finished now and had my first > > > test login. Of course, the problem is still there, but neither dmesg > > > nor any Xorg*.log contains glibc. > > > > > > ~/.xsession-errors however was a little more informative, but only a > > > little. I've attached the relevant parts, but they don't tell much. > > > > startkde: Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation. > > KCrash: Application 'ksmserver' crashing... > > > > check your permissions - and make a rebuild of glibc&co > > Which permissions do you mean in particular? It's a fresh install with a > newly created test user acount. > > I've disabled desktop effects, in case there was some clash with the 3D > layer, but apparently it's (also) something else. Though now Konsole seems > to cooperate, right-clicking on the context menu of the KPowersave tray > icon leads to a crashing X with 100% certainty. I'm rebuild glibc now, see > what happens.
permissions of /tmp /var/tmp and the kde stuff in /usr/share. make sure that all of your system is build with the same compiler.
