KDE2 problem...

[Nitin Kasturi]

Hi Ralf,

Thanks for your response.   My comment below...

At 04:50 PM 1/30/2003 +0100, ralf.habacker@freenet.de wrote:
> >I'm sorry if I'm repeating questions that have been asked
> >previously.  I'm exploring using cygwin + Xfree86 as a replacement
> >for a Unix machine.  KDE seemed the most attractive window manager
> >so I went ahead and installed it.  I had it working successfully on
> >my laptop, but now that I've tried to install it on my desktop and run
> >into problems, I find I'm running into problems on my laptop as
> >well.  The strange thing is that I haven't changed anything
> >pertaining to cygwin since I had it working...
>
> >I'm not sure how to go about figuring what's wrong.  When I run
> >startx I get the following messages:
>
> >DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network
> >socket
>
>Make sure, you have installed kdelibs-2.2.2-b1-p2.tar.bz2. This contains a 
>fix relating to the dcopserver problems.


According to the cygwin setup, I already have both kdelibs.2.2.2-b1-p1 and 
kdelibs.2.2.2-b1-p2.  I assume that it gets automatically installed in the 
right place?

I tried reinstalling that patch and rebooting, but I still had the same 
problem.

Nitin



> >My limited experiences with KDE2 so far:  It seems a bit slow to
> >load up.  I love the feel of it, though.   I haven't tried
> >any other window managers, but are there any out there that load faster
> >and are less buggy -- I'm willing to experiment with KDE, but others who
> >want to go the same route aren't so willing.
>
>There is process in work to fixe these performance issues.
>Ralf
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