The things I suggested were the actions I would take if I could not log into 
KDE at all. Your symptoms are different in that you can log in the first 
time, but not a second.

But as I said. Deleting the .DCOP files in your home will do no harm since 
they just get recreated. You do not have to worry about the ones in /tmp, 
they get deleted automatically if they have not been used for 60 days.

Other files that can cause 'funnies' during logon are ~/.ICE-authority and 
~./MCOP-random-seed  These also get recreated when you log in, but if you are 
nervous you can always just rename them.

derek


On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 1:01 am, Chris wrote:
> On Saturday 30 November 2002 06:33 pm, you said, and I quote:
> > On Saturday 30 Nov 2002 11:28 pm, Chris wrote:
> > > Not sure how or when then began to happen or even what the heck I did,
> > > but heres whats going on.  If I log-out of kde and then go to log
> > > back-in
> >
> > Can you log into other users OK?
>
> I'm the only "user" haven't tried it as root yet, maybe I should do that?
>
> > If so then it is likely you can fix it by deleting any file in your home
> > directory which starts with ~/.DCOP  (do not worry a new one will be
> > created next time you log in)
>
> Have 4 .dcop* files in /home, .DCOPserver_chris, says its an unknown link,
> .DCOPserver_dhcppc0 which is a link, .DCOPserver_dhcppc0_:0 and a
> .DCOPserver_localhost.localdomain, a lot of .DCOP* files in /tmp/.ICE-unix.
>
> > It is also possible that one of your KDE setup files is causing the
> > problem. If you rename your ~/.kde directory then a new one will be
> > created next time you log in. If that fixes it you can start copying
> > config files from the old directory back to the new until you find the
> > culprit.
>
> I'll give that a try unless you have anymore ideas with what I posted
> above.
>
> > Maybe it is too soon to say, but my impression is that Mandrake
> > 9.0/KDE3.0.4 is more robust and does not suffer from these occasional
> > glitches.
>
> Yes, still waiting for my 9.0 Power Pack that I pre-ordered in Sept, my
> order is one of those that was "misplaced" or whatever, according to the
> email I got from Mandrake.
>
> > (Just in case you were wondering how you were going to examine and delete
> > these files when you cannot log into KDE. The answer is you can log in
> > with a different Window Manager such as IceWM, or hit Ctl+Alt+F2 for a
> > console login.)
>
> I can get into kde once I do a warm boot with autologin, everything is ok,
> the only problem is when I log out and try to log-back in again. Reason I
> did this in the first place was that a web site I went to caused mozilla to
> close, after that, the scroll wheel on the mouse wouldn't scroll anymore,
> I've been able to fix that by just logging out and in again to kde.


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