Dear all, Here is the log from 'startkde'.
Cheers Alain
startkde: Starting up... kdeinit4: Shutting down running client. kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/klauncher Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kded4 kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4 kbuildsycoca4 running... kbuildsycoca4(8799) KBuildSycoca::checkTimestamps: checking file timestamps kbuildsycoca4(8799) KBuildSycoca::checkTimestamps: timestamps check ok kbuildsycoca4(8799) kdemain: Emitting notifyDatabaseChanged () kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kconf_update Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) kded(8798) Kded::loadModule: Could not load library "kded_device_automounter" . [ "The plugin 'kded_device_automounter' uses an incompatible KDE library (4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4))." ] kded(8798) Kded::loadModule: Could not load library "kded_powerdevil" . [ "The plugin 'kded_powerdevil' uses an incompatible KDE library (4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4))." ] kded(8798) Kded::loadModule: Could not load library "kded_statusnotifierwatcher" . [ "The plugin 'kded_statusnotifierwatcher' uses an incompatible KDE library (4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4))." ] kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kcminit_startup kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/ksmserver <unknown program name>(8795)/ KStartupInfo::createNewStartupId: creating: "w500;1276441424;421147;8795_TIME0" : "unnamed app" kwin: unable to claim manager selection, another wm running? (try using --replace) ksmserver(8804) KSMServer::wmProcessChange: Window manager "kwin" failed to launch kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/plasma-desktop kded(8798) Kded::loadModule: Could not load library "kded_kephal" . [ "The plugin 'kded_kephal' uses an incompatible KDE library (4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4))." ] could not access kephald, falling back to QDesktopWidget adding an output 0 with geom: QRect(0,0 1680x1050) kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kglobalaccel Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) kglobalaccel(8810) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::loadSettings: Loading group "kmix" kglobalaccel(8810) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::loadSettings: Loading group "kwin" kglobalaccel(8810) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::loadSettings: Loading group "krunner" kglobalaccel(8810) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::loadSettings: Loading group "plasma-desktop" kglobalaccel(8810) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::loadSettings: Loading group "khotkeys" kglobalaccel(8810) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::loadSettings: Loading group "kded" kglobalaccel(8810) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::loadSettings: Loading group "klipper" kglobalaccel(8810) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Ctrl+F12" for "plasma-desktop" : "Show Dashboard" QDBusObjectPath: invalid path "" X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3 Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes) Resource id: 0x2200049 plasma-desktop(8808)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "" not found plasma-desktop(8808)/kdecore (services) KServiceFactory::findServiceByDesktopPath: "" not found kded(8798) Kded::loadModule: Could not load library "kded_networkstatus" . [ "The plugin 'kded_networkstatus' uses an incompatible KDE library (4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4))." ] QDBusConnection: name 'org.kde.kglobalaccel' had owner '' but we thought it was ':1.10' Invalid D-BUS interface name 'org.kde.plasma-desktop.PlasmaApp' found while parsing introspection kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/kio_desktop.so kded(8798) Kded::loadModule: Could not load library "kded_desktopnotifier" . [ "The plugin 'kded_desktopnotifier' uses an incompatible KDE library (4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4))." ] kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/kio_file.so kio_desktop(8811)/kdecore (services) KMimeTypeFactory::parseMagic: Now parsing "/usr/share/mime/magic" kio_desktop(8811)/kdecore (services) KMimeTypeFactory::parseMagic: Now parsing "/home/alain/.local/share/mime/magic" ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 8808, errno = 11 klauncher: Exiting on signal 15
