Douglas Wing [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> When I launch Xdarwin (with startkde in my .xinitrc) I receive the following
> error message"
>
> There was an error setting up inter-process communications for KDE. The
> message returned by the system was:
> Could not read network connection list.
> /Users/wingdo/.DCOPserver_The Ugly Mugly__0
> Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running.
>
> I click OK, and waith a minute or so, another failure message is displayed
> and then Xdarwin quits.
>
> I can see the dcopserver isn't running, but what does that mean and how do I
> fix it?
What's happening is that KDE uses a set of special files to communicate with
it's local processes. It bases these files on the hostname, so that you can
be logged into multiple machines with the same shared home directory, and still
be able to run without stepping on another machine's session.
To do this, it keys off your hostname... It looks like your hostname has
spaces in it ("The Ugly Mugly") which, as far as I'm aware, is illegal on most
other UNIXes, so KDE is freaking out. I suspect the only way this is going to
work properly is to change your hostname, unless we can find a way to hack up
KDE to translate those filenames.
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Benjamin Reed a.k.a. Ranger Rick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://ranger.befunk.com/
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