Unable to start up KDE due to hanging with a black desktop and movable mouse cursor.

[Brian Francis]

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> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:28:13 -0800
> From: ant at zimage.com
> To: kde at mail.kde.org
> Subject: Re: [kde] Unable to start up KDE due to hanging with a black	desktop and movable mouse cursor.
> 
> > > $ ping $HOSTNAME
> > > PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
> > > 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64
> > > time=0.061 ms
> > > 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64
> > > time=0.048 ms
> > >
> > > --- localhost.localdomain ping statistics ---
> > > 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms
> > > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.048/0.054/0.061/0.009 ms
> > 
> > Good.
> > 
> > > So yes. And in case you got confused with the list of IP addresses and
> > > domain names in the log -- it is because I have a hosts file that blocks
> > > bad sites. I tried removing it and retrying KDE. It made no differences.
> > 
> > No, I got that :)
> > 
> > This was based on the last few lines, where it gets "Connection refused" on 
> > 127.0.0.1 a couple of times.
> > 
> > Hmm, can you echo $DISPLAY in startkde right before ksmserver's line?
> 
> I assume like this:
> # We only check for 255 which means that the ksmserver process could not be
> # started, any problems thereafter, e.g. ksmserver failing to initialize,
> # will remain undetected.
> test -n "$KDEWM" && KDEWM="--windowmanager $KDEWM"
> kwrapper ksmserver $KDEWM 
> echo $DISPLAY > /home/ant/download/display.txt
> if test $? -eq 255; then
>   # Startup error
>   echo 'startkde: Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation.'  
> 1>&2
>   xmessage -geometry 500x100 "Could not start ksmserver. Check your 
> installation."
> fi
> 
> If so, then:
> $ more /home/ant/download/display.txt 
> :0
> 
> 
> > Another thing you could try is to start just xterm and then run startkde 
> > inside it, i.e.
> > 
> > startx /usr/bin/xterm
> > 
> > Should start the X server and just xterm as the only window. You'll need to 
> > move the mouse cursor over the window to allow keyboard input.
> 
> That worked, but no cigar. I see KDE's splash screen loader and it
> blinks at the first icon (wheel) with "Setting up interprocess
> communication" like I did in Gnome. After a minute or two, this splash
> screen goes away and xterm is still showing "startkde: Starting up..."
> Here's a strace from second attempt inside xterm:
> http://pastebin.ca/783688 (looks the same). Does startkde have a debug
> feature?
> 
> I am going to bed now, so I will try more later from your ideas. :)
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