[kde-linux] Login oddity

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 11 Aug 2007, Ben Kevan wrote:
> On Saturday 11 August 2007 04:02:25 am Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Saturday 11 Aug 2007, Sergey Kulikov wrote:
> > >> For the last three mornings I've reached the login screen,
> > >> only to find that I can't type into the username box.  I have to
> > >> re-start the X server, after which I log in normally.
> > >>
> > >> Has anyone any idea what might be the cause?
> > >
> > > A couple of months ago I had the same problem with kdm. After ending
> > > current session I was unable to type anything in kdm's
> > > username/password textboxes. After upgrading to KDE 3.5.7 the problem
> > > disappeared. What version of kdebase do you use, Anne?
> >
> > 3.5.6.  The install date is 14 Jul 2007, so I guess that an update of
> > something is affecting it.  From what you say, perhaps it's a
> > mis-alignment of versions and the next update will probably fix it. 
> > Thanks.
> >
> > From about the same time, so probably related, is the fact that using the
> > tray icon to access samba shares no longer works without help.  It brings
> > up smb:/ then says that it can't find any workgroups.  Adding the second
> > '/' fixes it.
> >
> > Anne
>
> rm /home/user/.ICEauthority
>
> Could possibly fix the issue..

OK, done, so I'll see what happens tomorrow.  What is .ICEauthority?  What 
does it do?

Anne
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