Starting with the upgrade to the newest QT I've begun getting the following kdebase ################################################## Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 1. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 2. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 4. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 6. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 1. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 2. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 4. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 6.
Today with the upgrade in gnome I got the same set of errors. gnome-session ################################################## Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 1. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 2. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 4. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 6. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 1. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 2. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 4. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) at -e line 1, <> line 6. Yesterday when I did the upgrade I lost kdm... and then switched to gdm.... Today.... I don't know yet. I haven't logged out yet, but This may be lost as well. Any one with ideas on what I did wrong? or what has gotten hosed? If I try to start konqueror or any other kde app I get the following. Loading required GL library /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.4.500 Loading required GL library /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.4.500 Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Id 'kde2.2/b1' was already in done-list! Id 'kde3.1/cvs' was already in done-list! Id 'kde_3_1_sizeChanges' was already in done-list! Id 'kde-3.1-toolbar' was already in done-list! Id 'kde3' was already in done-list! Id 'kde2.2/r1' was already in done-list! Id 'kde3.0/r1' was already in done-list! Id 'kde3.0r1' was already in done-list! Id 'kde3.1/r3' was already in done-list! Id '25082001' was already in done-list! Id 'kde3.1' was already in done-list! Id 'kde2.2/r1' was already in done-list! Id 'kde2.2/r2' was already in done-list! Id 'kde2.2/r3' was already in done-list! Id '04112002' was already in done-list! Id 'kde3.0' was already in done-list! Id 'kde3' was already in done-list! Id 'kde3' was already in done-list! Id 'kde3.0/r1' was already in done-list! Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Mutex destroy failure: Device or resource busy The only thing I see on the screen is a quick "flash" and then I'm back to the desktop. I can't runny anything kde gtk and gnome apps seem unaffected. This same behaviour exists for both root and normal user. No error message is written to either /var/log/messages /var/log/syslog or any other log I can find. If I do a ps -ax I don't find any zombied or dead processes. Top shows nothing unusual. James
