[kde-linux] Problem logging in as non-root user [SOLVED]

[Neeraj Vaidya]

SOLVED....This thread may be closed.
Here is how :
Created a symlink to the libs in /usr/X11R6/lib from /usr/lib
As root type the following
# cd /usr/lib
# ln -sv /usr/X11R6/lib/* .


I figured I needed to do this because when I tried to start xterm using a non-root login , xterm was not able to locate libXft.so.2 (pardon me if I have the name of the library wrong , in a hurry to go back to sleep....peacefully  )

And this I figured by using strace on the xterm command.



----- Original Message ----
From: Neeraj Vaidya <neeraj.vaidya at yahoo.co.in>
To: kde-linux at kde.org
Sent: Monday, 11 August, 2008 10:50:24 PM
Subject: [kde-linux] Problem logging in as non-root user


Hi,
I desperately need help on this. I googled a lot for this error , but all posts only ended without any solution.

I installed KDE 3.5.6 and I am able to successfully launch the KDE session when I issue startx from a root session. 

I have setup my inittab to start kdm on boot. 

When I try to login as a
normal (non-root) user , I get stuck at the message saying "Loading Desktop...." 

There is just a mouse pointer which I can move around. Nothing else
happens. I then kill X by ctrl-alt-backspace. This brings me to the
console where I can see the following errors in the ~/.xsession-errors
file. Can somebody please help me with this ?

(I am guessing that this
could be a permissions issue. Since the root is able to get to the
desktop as cleanly as a whistle). Also , it seems strange that iceauth
is not able to find the shared library whereas it clearly eists in a
very "popular" location /usr/X11R6/lib. Also , the LD_LIBRARY_PATH has
been updated with this path. 

I know a lot of you are going to tell me to upgrade to KDE 4 , but I
want to first know why I am not able to login as non-root in this case. 

Here is the ~/.xsession-errors file: 

startkde: Starting up... 

/usr/X11R6/bin//iceauth: error
while loading shared libraries: libICE.so.6: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory 

ICE Connection rejected! 

DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach
failed Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication
protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed 

ICE Connection rejected! 

DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach
failed Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication
protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed 

DCOPServer self-test failed. 

iceauth: error while loading shared libraries: libICE.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 

kdeinit: DCOPServer could not be started, aborting. 

Warning: connect() failed: : Connection refused 

kbuildsycoca running... 

kdeinit: Fatal IO error: client killed 

kded: Fatal IO error: client killed 

klauncher: Exiting on signal 15 

kwin: Fatal IO error: client killed 

ksmserver: Fatal IO error: client killed 

startkde: Shutting down... 

Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory 

Error: Can't contact kdeinit! 


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