KDE won't start, problem with .ICDauthority file

[sulpher man]

(Kernel = 2.5.30, Distro = Conectiva 8.0)

I recently complied my kernel, I rebooted my machine using the new kernel and started KDE (I log in as root), now when KDE starts up, it bombs out with a message saying write access denied on .ICEauthority. I checked the file in '/root' and I get a messages saying 'input/ouput error' all the other files in '/root' are fine and when I log in as a different user, KDE starts with no problem. Now I have a theory, I complied the kernel without ext3 support, and my disk is formatted as ext3. Could this have caused the corruption with the .ICEauthority file, I have recompiled the kernel to include ext3 filesystem support, but still no luck with the file. any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks
:)

[mdwatts]

First of all, do you realize you are using a development kernel?

2.5.# - development

2.4.# - stable

[sulpher man]

I didn't, i thought if the minor revision number was odd it was development.

[mdwatts]

2.1 - development
2.2 - stable
2.3 - development
2.4 - stable
2.5 - development
2.6 - stable (should be released in a few months)

I would suggest you try the latest 2.4 kernel (2.4.19) and see if that fixes the problem.

Also check the kernel mailing list at www.kernel.org to see if others have reported similiar problems with the 2.5.30 development kernel.