Hi Rob and Ed! I'm not an expert, but I have solved that problem deleting
two files in /home/user: DCOPserver:localhost.localdomain and
DCOPserver:localhost.localdomain_:0
I don't know why, but works.
Carlos
> in that users home directory, you should have a hidden file (got a "." in
> fornt) called ".kderc" as I recall (and this is from memeory) this file can
> be removed (in a text console, Su to root, type cd "/home/username" (where
> username is the name of the user with the problem, "ls -all" without the
> quotes, and then if the file is there, "rm .kderc" you should be able to
> then restart x or login as that user and the kderc file will be
> "regenerated".
>
> On Saturday 01 December 2001 01:48, you wrote:
> > for the 2nd time since I have installed mandrake 8.1, kde fails to
> > loads. I see the box and it stalls on the mechanical icon and it just
> > wont go to the next icon which is the keyboard and mouse icon. then it
> > just disappear and the only thing I see is a solid light blue color on
> > the screen. no taskbar, no icons, nothing works. sadly I had to
> > switch to gnome which I really dont like. The first time, there seems
> > to be no hope on having kde back especially with my user name. KDE
> > works in root or other username. Maybe I just have too many things in
> > my home directory that it causes KDE to corrupt only in that directory.
> > I had to create a new username and copy all the stuff I had saved and
> > do more works as I had done with this one. works fine for the next
> > month or two then I get this blue screen again. There a dead serious
> > bug somewhere that causes this. Has anyone experienced this? If so do
> > know why it did this and what is the solution to prevent it from
> > happening again? Any help would be appreciate.
> >
> > Rob
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