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please take me off your email list I no long this junk email btf > Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:28:13 -0800 > From: ant@xxxxxxxxxx > To: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Unable to start up KDE due to hanging with a black desktop and movable mouse cursor. > > > > $ ping $HOSTNAME > > > PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > > > 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 > > > time=0.061 ms > > > 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 > > > time=0.048 ms > > > > > > --- localhost.localdomain ping statistics --- > > > 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms > > > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.048/0.054/0.061/0.009 ms > > > > Good. > > > > > So yes. And in case you got confused with the list of IP addresses and > > > domain names in the log -- it is because I have a hosts file that blocks > > > bad sites. I tried removing it and retrying KDE. It made no differences. > > > > No, I got that :) > > > > This was based on the last few lines, where it gets "Connection refused" on > > 127.0.0.1 a couple of times. > > > > Hmm, can you echo $DISPLAY in startkde right before ksmserver's line? > > I assume like this: > # We only check for 255 which means that the ksmserver process could not be > # started, any problems thereafter, e.g. ksmserver failing to initialize, > # will remain undetected. > test -n "$KDEWM" && KDEWM="--windowmanager $KDEWM" > kwrapper ksmserver $KDEWM > echo $DISPLAY > /home/ant/download/display.txt > if test $? -eq 255; then > # Startup error > echo 'startkde: Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation.' > 1>&2 > xmessage -geometry 500x100 "Could not start ksmserver. Check your > installation." > fi > > If so, then: > $ more /home/ant/download/display.txt > :0 > > > > Another thing you could try is to start just xterm and then run startkde > > inside it, i.e. > > > > startx /usr/bin/xterm > > > > Should start the X server and just xterm as the only window. You'll need to > > move the mouse cursor over the window to allow keyboard input. > > That worked, but no cigar. I see KDE's splash screen loader and it > blinks at the first icon (wheel) with "Setting up interprocess > communication" like I did in Gnome. After a minute or two, this splash > screen goes away and xterm is still showing "startkde: Starting up..." > Here's a strace from second attempt inside xterm: > http://pastebin.ca/783688 (looks the same). Does startkde have a debug > feature? > > I am going to bed now, so I will try more later from your ideas. :) > -- > "One day he sprained an ankle rather than crush an ant." --Les > Miserables > /\___/\ > / /\ /\ \ Phillip/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) > | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net > \ _ / E-mail: philpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or ant@xxxxxxxxxx > ( ) > ___________________________________________________ > This message is from the kde mailing list. > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. Express yourself with free Messenger emoticons. Get them today! |
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