Problem starting KDE 3.1 on cygwin

[Jonathan Fosburgh]

On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 17:49:53 -0400, Eric I. Asch <Eric at waxxworx.com> wrote:

> Cygwin 3.1 just installed on Win XP.
> uname: CYGWIN_NT-5.1      1.3.18(0.69/3/2)
> KDE hangs at "starting IPC communications" with multiples of this error:
> "DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Authentication Rejected,
> reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported
> and host-based authentication failed"
> Looks like some other users get the same error, but I haven't found any
> advice on how to resolve.
> Thanks!
> -Waxxworx
>

When I had the same error under KDE2, I found that removing ~/.DCOP* tended 
to fix it (after first quitting my attemp to launch KDE).  Don't know if 
that will help this time, but it is worth a shot.

-- 
Jonathan Fosburgh
Software Systems Specialist IV
AIX/SAN Administrator
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX