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please take me off your email list I no long this junk email<br>btf<br><br>> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:28:13 -0800<br>> From: ant@zimage.com<br>> To: kde@mail.kde.org<br>> Subject: Re: [kde] Unable to start up KDE due to hanging with a black desktop and movable mouse cursor.<br>> <br>> > > $ ping $HOSTNAME<br>> > > PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.<br>> > > 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64<br>> > > time=0.061 ms<br>> > > 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64<br>> > > time=0.048 ms<br>> > ><br>> > > --- localhost.localdomain ping statistics ---<br>> > > 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms<br>> > > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.048/0.054/0.061/0.009 ms<br>> > <br>> > Good.<br>> > <br>> > > So yes. And in case you got confused with the list of IP addresses and<br>> > > domain names in the log -- it is because I have a hosts file that blocks<br>> > > bad sites. I tried removing it and retrying KDE. It made no differences.<br>> > <br>> > No, I got that :)<br>> > <br>> > This was based on the last few lines, where it gets "Connection refused" on <br>> > 127.0.0.1 a couple of times.<br>> > <br>> > Hmm, can you echo $DISPLAY in startkde right before ksmserver's line?<br>> <br>> I assume like this:<br>> # We only check for 255 which means that the ksmserver process could not be<br>> # started, any problems thereafter, e.g. ksmserver failing to initialize,<br>> # will remain undetected.<br>> test -n "$KDEWM" && KDEWM="--windowmanager $KDEWM"<br>> kwrapper ksmserver $KDEWM <br>> echo $DISPLAY > /home/ant/download/display.txt<br>> if test $? -eq 255; then<br>> # Startup error<br>> echo 'startkde: Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation.' <br>> 1>&2<br>> xmessage -geometry 500x100 "Could not start ksmserver. Check your <br>> installation."<br>> fi<br>> <br>> If so, then:<br>> $ more /home/ant/download/display.txt <br>> :0<br>> <br>> <br>> > Another thing you could try is to start just xterm and then run startkde <br>> > inside it, i.e.<br>> > <br>> > startx /usr/bin/xterm<br>> > <br>> > Should start the X server and just xterm as the only window. You'll need to <br>> > move the mouse cursor over the window to allow keyboard input.<br>> <br>> That worked, but no cigar. I see KDE's splash screen loader and it<br>> blinks at the first icon (wheel) with "Setting up interprocess<br>> communication" like I did in Gnome. After a minute or two, this splash<br>> screen goes away and xterm is still showing "startkde: Starting up..."<br>> Here's a strace from second attempt inside xterm:<br>> http://pastebin.ca/783688 (looks the same). Does startkde have a debug<br>> feature?<br>> <br>> I am going to bed now, so I will try more later from your ideas. :)<br>> -- <br>> "One day he sprained an ankle rather than crush an ant." --Les <br>> Miserables<br>> /\___/\<br>> / /\ /\ \ Phillip/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)<br>> | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net<br>> \ _ / E-mail: philpi@earthlink.net or ant@zimage.com<br>> ( )<br>> ___________________________________________________<br>> This message is from the kde mailing list.<br>> Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde.<br>> Archives: http://lists.kde.org/.<br>> More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.<br><br /><hr />Express yourself with free Messenger emoticons. <a href='http://www.freemessengeremoticons.ca/?icid=EMENCA122' target='_new'>Get them today!</a></body>
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