On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 10:49 -0700, Kim Lux wrote: > Any ideas ? > > I'm getting a "The process for the file protocol died unexpectedly" when > > I log into my Linux box. > > > > When I log in, my desktop has no icons. As soon as I do anything with a > > desktop file, it refeshes and the icons appear. (For example, right > > click->new->folder.) > > > > Also, my .xsession-errors file has literally hundreds of "+QFile::open: > > No file name specified" errors in it. Furthermore, whenever I do > > anything on the desktop, like move an icon, about 20 more such error > > messages occur. > > > > I think the problem originated when I accidentally filled my hard drive. > > Since then I have freed up a bunch of space. I've also run fsck and its > > fine error wise. > > > > I suspect that KDE is trying to open a file that was used in a previous > > session, maybe when my computer shut down from a full hard drive. How > > does one wipe all the previous session info so that KDE doesnt do a > > "restore session" operation ? > > Hi, Kim, I only use Gnome, so I cannot comment on KDE. However, have you rebooted the system? When a disk fills up, things can be hosed in temporary files, and in the tmp directory affected by the overwrite or a file not properly terminated (due to the fill up issue). A reboot will sometimes clear these files and let things re-initialize. Another issue is whether or not you have a VM running (VMWare or some other VM such as JAVA can occasionally be badly messed up by a full file system.) You may have to terminate the VM by hand and restart it to get it to fully initialize. Regards, Les H
