One of the things I wanted to try, but we never got a chance to, was to rename his /home/username/.kde directory and see if the problem went away.
If he has corrupt config files, that would correct it. Doug Riddle --- John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Choppy, > > I want to help you fix the problem you showed us last > night. I apologize that I wasn't able to fix it there > when you showed it to me, but I am confident that it > can be fixed. > > As I mentioned, some app that KDE is starting or > trying to start is causing your problem. You have a > couple of choices: > > 1. Try to log the problem as it is happening. > 2. Don't start KDE. > > I recommend the latter. > > KDE is started from either your $HOME/.xinitrc or > /etc/X11/.xinitrc file, or something similar. There > should be a line similar to "exec kde" in one of those > files. You can simply change it to "exec > someotherwindowmanager", if you have another window > manager installed. > > Because KDE and Gnome are both desktop environments > rather than just window managers, they both run a lot > of apps to provide a framework for other apps to run > in. Basically, you don't need em at this point in your > Linux adventures. > > I'm not sure why you are having a problem. I don't > think I've ever seen KDE fail like that. Have you let > it run for a while to see if it merely a process that > needs to time out? > > I would like to see your .xinitrc file and any other > KDE config files you have. Can you sneakernet them to > another box and email them to the list? > > John Hebert > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
