kde-3.4 doesn't start anymore ! help ! [SOLVED]

dimi3 · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 64

kdm is working fine, I can log in. Then comes the splash screen. It begins but can't progress. Then the splash screen disappear and the blue kde-3.4 background remains.
I remerged the whole kdebase but the problem persists.
My system was working fine until I updated the system last friday with the command :

Picander · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 34 Location: Italy

try to rm the ~/.ICEauthority and relogin

beowulf62 · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 17

I have the same exact problem after an "emerge update --deep world"! I can actually get into kde from an Xterm, but I have to keep the term open. Did you try this fix yet? If you got it to work, could you please post it with a summarization of the steps involved( I'm a noob, be kind!!)

evoweiss · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:42 pm Post subject:

Hi folks,

In your emerge, did any of you emerge baselayout? If you did and you used etc-update without taking care, you very well might have wiped out the parts of /etc/rc.conf that get KDM and KDE up. Make sure that in /etc/rc.conf DISPLAYMANAGER is set to "kdm" and XESSION is set to "kde-x.x.x" where x.x.x is the version (3.4.1 on my machine.)

Alex

dimi3 · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 64

thanks! i will try and i will tell you!

j0elbYte · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject:

I had excactly that problem when I had an error in my hosts file. My localhost couldn't be resolved. Check that too :-/
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beowulf62 · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 17

I double-checked in /etc/rc.conf, DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" was set as well as XSESSION="kde-3.4.1", which was one of the first things I checked when this happened. Still have the same issue, anything else I could try??

Picander · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 34 Location: Italy

try to "rm -rf" temporary files in /tmp/kde-(yourusernamehere) and the cache in /var/tmp/kdecache-(yourusername)
don't forget the ICEauthority

dimi3 · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 64

thanks to all of you for helping me.

- i tried to rm /var/tmp/kdecache-username and /tmp/kde-username and ~/.ICEAutorithy.

- in /etc/rc.conf, i also changed XSESSION variable to "kde-3.4.1"
(is it correct to use

Slavo · Apprentice Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 229

try to stick with .xinitrc

dimi3 · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 64

thank for your answer.

but i didn't understand... where is .xinitrc and what must i do ?

Pakewak · n00b Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 10 Location: Belgium

I had the same problem (it persisted after downgrading the baselayout).
The problem was solved for me when I started the /etc/init.d/net.lo script (starts the local loopback I guess).

regards,
Tom.

dimi3 · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 64

thank you for your answer.

i tried but it was not successful.

i really need help ! i can't work anymore !

dimi3 · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 64

I have another question... perhaps it is in the direction of the answer...

when i run :

Pakewak · n00b Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 10 Location: Belgium

In my case the start-up of KDE stopped at the "initializing system services" step. The bootsplash disappeared, but after a long time (5 minutes) the rest of kde still came up. Maybe if the same is true in you case, your local loopback is somehow not configured? Does the "lo" show if you run /sbin/ifconfig?

Also, some of my earlier KDE-problems have been resolved by renaming my .kde/ directory (in your home, where the user's kde conf files are stored). When restarting KDE, this directory with all it's default content is automaticly recreated.

Tom.

dimi3 · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 64

dimi3 · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 64

is the problem not related with my post of Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:40 am (in this subject).
i suspect that something isn't normal with that!

Slavo · Apprentice Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 229

considering .xinitrc

Picander · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 34 Location: Italy

Please quote

cat /etc/hosts
export | grep KDE

dimi3 · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 64

Please tell me what you think about my post of Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:40 am (in this subject) !!
It would be really nice !

Picander · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 34 Location: Italy

/etc/X11/Sessions/kde-3.4 is ok (no 3.4.1)

as root:
comment out XSESSION=(xyz) in /etc/rc.conf with a #

as normal user (not at root):

rm -f ~/.ICEauthority
rm -f ~/.Xauthority
rm -f ~/.xsession

Then quote here the ouput of commands i've asked today

(come on!!!! :wink:

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dimi3 · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 64

thank you for your help ! i will do it tomorrow morning !

dimi3 · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 64

result of :

Picander · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 34 Location: Italy

You don't have the right environment variables...
emerge kde-env

it creates this env file /etc/env.d/99kde-env

When it's created (it could be possible it doesn't start with 99, so look for any ##kde-env file) post here its contents

anyway it should be somthing like

dimi3 · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 64

thanks a lot ! I will do it monday morning (Im not here until that) !
I wish you a nice week end !