[kde-freebsd] Problems Starting KDE (3.5.3 on FreeBSD 6.1)

[Sean M.]

Inexplicably, I now _can_ startx using other users. I don't have any
explanation for this, since before they would _definitely_ hang at
startup. Also, when I use startx to start KDE, I get all that output on
the tty like I described earlier, but if I activate kdm they go away. I
don't know whether kdm fixes or just masks them.

--- Philip Rodrigues <philip.rodrigues at chch.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> Sean M. wrote:
> >> What happens when you try to start X as a non-root user?
> > 
> > Exactly what I described in the second sentence
> 
> I see. I misread what you meant in your original mail. I don't really
> have
> any definite ideas, but here are some general troubleshooting tips
> that
> might help you isolate the problem:
> 
> * KDE only starting as root sounds like a permissions problem. Do you
> perhaps lack write permissions on /tmp or /var/tmp? Or maybe there
> are
> files in ~ that aren't writable by the user?
> 
> * Start X as a non-root user. In an xterm (or whatever) in that X
> session,
> try starting a KDE app. What output does it give?
> 
> * Try starting KDE with a newly-created user. Does it work?
> 
> Regards,
> Philip
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