> startkde: Starting up... > kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/klauncher > kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kded4 > kded(7702): Communication problem with "kded" , it probably crashed. > Error message was: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Message did > not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)" "
this suggests kded didn't run .. maybe try to start it manually and see where it breaks .. or even better start with xterm only and run each kde component one by one. -- damjan
