On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 12:37:44PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > does anyone of you have an idea why the kde installation on a woody > machine which hosts two users, works fine for one but doesn't even > start for the other -- *even* after i removed *all* .kde and related > settings from that users home? > > the symptoms are that after a kdm login, the startup screen of KDE > indicates that it's establishing communication (stage 1) and then > initializing system services (stage 2). it might hang there for > a while before "initializing peripherals" (stage 3), where it will > definitely hang for a long time. after that long time, the stages 4-6 > are completed in a flash, the startup screen disappears, and nothing > but the user's background bitmap are shown. no KDE. > > kdm.log shows no anomalies. > > any clues?
Does your computer know what name it is? Can it resolve localhost? Can it resolve its own hostname? I know KDE requires the ability to connect to itself so that may be the issue. Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]