can not login to KDE as user. works for root only!!

[DimGR]

if i log in as root it loads fine. If i try to log in as regular user it gives me an error about dcopserver_tux_0 and to check it it is running. THen i log in as root and i do a dcopserver and it tells me that it is running so what is the problem?


btw this is Gentoo

[JohnT]

Try deleting all KDE associated files in your /user folder then log back in as user running the Kprofiler. This is probably linked to your earlier problem with the user password.

[DimGR]

Originally posted by JohnT
Try deleting all KDE associated files in your /user folder then log back in as user running the Kprofiler. This is probably linked to your earlier porblem with the user password.

so do i have to delete all these files then relogin as regular user?

cd /root
bash-2.05b# ls -all
total 272
drwx------ 9 root root 4096 Jun 20 23:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Jun 20 00:54 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jun 20 23:09 .DCOPserver_tux_:0 -> /root/.DCOPserver_tux__0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52 Jun 20 23:09 .DCOPserver_tux__0
-rw------- 1 root root 553 Jun 20 23:09 .ICEauthority
-rw------- 1 root root 97 Jun 20 23:09 .Xauthority
-rw------- 1 root root 827 Jun 20 23:08 .bash_history
-rw------- 1 root root 26 Jun 20 17:29 .dmrc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 20 23:09 .kde -> .kde3.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 20 17:29 .kde.backup -> .kde3.2
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 20 23:09 .kde3.2
-rw------- 1 root root 154 Jun 20 17:30 .kderc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 20 21:58 .keep
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 20 17:30 .mcop
-rw------- 1 root root 31 Jun 20 17:30 .mcoprc
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jun 20 18:49 .phoenix
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 20 12:55 .qt
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jun 20 23:04 .xchat2
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 20 23:19 .xmms
-rw------- 1 root root 160380 Jun 20 23:39 .xsession-errors
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jun 20 23:23 Desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1151 Jun 20 00:57 anaconda-ks.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36913 Jun 20 00:54 install.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 20 00:49 install.log.syslog
bash-2.05b#

[JohnT]

He,he....try adding a new user (useradd) and login to KDE..if that becomes succesful and you have no problems delete the old user. (userdel)

[daYz]

I had the same problem on Gentoo after recompiling the kernel. I solved it by checking the configuration of the kernel, and recompiled it again.

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by DimGR
so do i have to delete all these files then relogin as regular user?

cd /root
bash-2.05b# ls -all

Since it is the normal users account you are having the problem with, you wouldn't want to remove .kde in /root since 'root' works fine.

JT is suggesting you delete .kde and contents from the users home directory.