On Friday 04 September 2009 22:38:22 Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > I am trying to install f12-snap 1 and I get a message stating > "could not start ksmserver" and then the CD just hangs, so I am > unable to get logged in to run the install program. Also, when I > click "ok", I am returned to kdm and the username is liveuser, > but the password field is blank and there is no indication of > what the password is (leaving blank, using liveuser don't work). > > How can I install this? > > _______________________________________________ > fedora-kde mailing list > fedora-kde at lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kde > New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org > You hit a site effect of the 'prelink' bug [1]. The KDE Live CD 'misses' - as a workaround - the prelink package because it causes a segmentation fault in kdeinit4. Without prelinking klaucher crashes. Again as a workaround you can: 1. boot into text mode (hit at the start screen ESC and add 3 to the kernel parameter list) 2. log in as root 3. Install prelink 4. run prelink -f /usr/bin/kdeinit4 5. log in as liveuser (hope it will not ask for a password :-)) 6. start X ... and you're in Hope this works. Martin Kho N.B. a 'workaround' will be coming so that the prelink package can be brought back in. But the real solution is in the hands of the glibc/prelink guys. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515539