Error Message While Booting

[Larry Howe]

On Saturday 18 December 2004 17:57, Forum.Mail wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> I have the same problem; new to Linux and the same error at startup. I
> wrote a mail to this list earlier, and am also awaiting a reply to solve
> the problem.
>
> I described it as follows:
> " ... every time I activate the 'Show device icons:' in the KDE Control
> Centre's "Desktop -> Behaviour -> Device Icons", an error message popup
> appears during logon: "Could not start process. Unable to create
> io-slave: klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'devices'" ..."
>
> So I deactivated the "Show device icons". It does not solve the problem,
> but the error message is gone for now. Hopefully someone can tell us how
> to use the "'Show device icons:" without the error.
>
> :-)
>
> Al
>
> On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 14:05 -0800, Larry L. Davis wrote:
> >   Hello to all,
> >
> > I am a newbie to Linux, running Suse 9.2 and KDE 3.3.0 in a dual boot
> > environment with Windows XP Pro. Within the last 48 hours (I have been
> > up and running with Linux for about 2 weeks) I have been getting the
> > following message when I reboot:
> >
> > *ERROR - KDESKTOP
> >
> > Could not start process unable to create io-slave:
> >
> > Klauncer said: Unknown protocol devices*
> >
> > I can't figure out what I have done to cause this or what to do to
> > correct it. The system itself seems to be operating fine, without any
> > actual failures, but the notice each time I reboot is annoying and I
> > want KDE desktop to run correctly.
> >
> > Any help you can provide will be appreciated.
> >
> > Larry

I'm running Suse 9.1 and KDE 3.2. I normally do not use Show Device Icons, but 
I tried turning it on to see what would happen. I did not get any errors. I 
noticed on that page there are a whole lot of different possible types of 
devices. Have you tried limiting the selection to only the ones that are of 
interest to you (e.g. you have them installed on your PC). Perhaps you can 
isolate it to just one problem device type.

Also, you should see if there are any clues in /var/log/messages. You say you 
are a newbie so here are specific instructions. You probably have to be root 
to see this file. The normal procedure is to log on to KDE as yourself, so 
that all your activity gets logged as your own. Open up a shell then do 
Session / New Root Console. Enter the root password and you'll have a shell 
where you can do root activities. Then type 

tail -100 /var/log/messages | more

which allows you to scroll through the last 100 lines of this file. Use the 
spacebar to go forward a screen and "b" to go back one screen. To search for 
something (like say "io-slave") type

/io-slave

and press return. You can also do

dmesg | more

and search in a similar way. Hope this helps, let us know what happens.

Larry Howe

PS In Linux Land, it is traditional to post your reply at the bottom of the 
previous message, not at the top.
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