Can't Login to KDE but other Wm's work.

[rbrimhall]

Hi, I'm running the 4th Beta of MEPIS Linux and have encountered a very wierd problem. Once I install and get my XFree86 configured and reboot I can't log back into KDE. It freezes at the splash screen where it says "starting system services." IceWM, which also comes with MEPIS, works fine but no KDE apps will run under IceWM. I've tried deleting .kde folders in my ~/ directory and even some of the files in /tmp as this has fixed GNOME problems for me. Anyone have any suggestions, or where I can look for errors? Thanks.

[je_fro]

Have you fooled aound with /etc/hosts or your hostname at all?

[rbrimhall]

I haven't AFAIK... I'll check it out when I get home... I forgot that could cause problems... I keep seeing in my logs a "DCOP" error... could this be part of the problem?

[je_fro]

If the hosts file isn't correct, that can happen. It drove me crazy trying to figure that out.
I'll post mine later so you can check it out...

[je_fro]

je_fro@gentoo je_fro $ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost gentoo
192.168.120.1 dell166
192.168.100.2 serverbox
192.168.130.2 compaq
192.168.111.2 ss20-single
gentoo


I changed this format once before and got those mysterious DCOP errors when trying to start KDE. Yet fluxbox worked fine. Hopefully this will help...

dell166, serverbox, ss20-single, and compaq are other hosts, ignore those lines. See if yours contains:

127.0.0.1 localhost your_hostname
your_hostname

[rbrimhall]

Bingo Je_fro... changed my /etc/hosts and kde works... thanks!! For some reason my localhost and my host were reversed and the second host was missing entirely... I changed it to:

127.0.0.1 localhost my_host
my_host


and it works!!

[je_fro]

:D

[rbrimhall]

dooohhh! It worked but then I rebooted and now it freezes again. I checked /etc/hosts and it hasn't been altered... man, this sucks... maybe it's time to try gentoo...

[je_fro]

Sounds like something is overwriting it?
I don't know squat about mepis...sorry.