DCOPserver, didn't read the expected 59 bytes - continual failure

[Ralf Habacker]

On Wednesday 25 February 2004 19:42, dongetzin wrote:
> I've tried everything in the lists.  Even uninstalled and reinstalled 4
> times so far.
>
> I changed my mount points to:
>
> 	d:\Programs\cygwin\opt\kde3 on /opt/kde3 type system (binmode)
> 	d:\Programs\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
> 	d:\Programs\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
> 	d:\Programs\cygwin on / type system (binmode)
> 	c: on /cygdrive/c type user (textmode,noumount)
> 	d: on /cygdrive/d type user (textmode,noumount)
>
> Still get a halt and subsequent failure:
> 	First failure (lines 7-8) is when it finds spaces in the .kde_mountchecked
> directory name. Second failue (line 78) rm -rf /tmp/ksocket-dgetzin
> /opt/kde3/home/tmp-dgetzin1p4 \n rm: cannot open current directory: No such
> file or directory Third failure (last lines) "Error reading from
> /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/dgetzin/.DCOPserver_dgetzin1p4__0,
> didn't read the expected 59 bytes"
>
> Is this perhaps all related to directory names with spaces in them?
> How do I change where cygwin writes ".kde_mountchecked" and the
> ".DCOPserver_dgetzin1p4__0" files ? I would like to test a path with no
> spaces.
Take a look into /opt/kde3/bin/startx. You will find a line : 

if ! test -f "$HOME/.kde_mountchecked"; then

which is based on the HOME directory. To set your HOME directory to another 
path only for the kde session, run 

export HOME=/opt/kde3/home
startx ... & 

Ralf