Kstartupconfig04 or lack there of a start up!!!!

[eaterjolly]

Every time I enter my pass since adding a new user account I get an error complaining abou kstartupconfig04 no matter which desktop I use; only console login works.

[eaterjolly]

Re: Kstartupconfig04 or lack there of a start up!!!!

It's ironic I had less problems when lucid was an rc

[askrieger]

Re: Kstartupconfig04 or lack there of a start up!!!!

(1)Try entering either "startx" or "startkde" after logging in from the console. At least one of these should give you a GUI. At least, I hope so.

(2) What is the exact wording of the error message?

(3)Do you have a file called "kstartupconfig4" in your /usr/bin/ directory? If so, does it have "-rwxr-xr-x" permissions? (BTW, both /usr/bin/startkde and /usr/bin/startx should also have these permissions.)

Slightly later: It just occurred to me that when you were the only user, you might have set up your machine for automatic login (not a good idea). If so, check out K>"system settings">advanced>"login manager">("users" and "convenience").

[eaterjolly]

Re: Kstartupconfig04 or lack there of a start up!!!!

Slightly later: It just occurred to me that when you were the only user, you might have set up your machine for automatic login (not a good idea). If so, check out K>"system settings">advanced>"login manager">("users" and "convenience").

I didn't this occured when I tried to add a user account; I encountered the same issue with mint dualboot.

It says "could not update ICEauthority file /home/eaterjolly/.ICEauthority" click close *note this is ubuntu window in kubuntu desktop*

"there is a problem with configuration server. (/usr/lib/libgconfig2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited status 256)" click close *still gnome*

*change desktop I think new window style and background*

"nautilus could not create the following required folders: /home/eaterjolly/Desktop, /home/eaterjolly/.nautilus" "before running nautilus, please create these folders, or set permissions such that nautilus can create them"

and it freezes This is new!!!

[eaterjolly]

Re: Kstartupconfig04 or lack there of a start up!!!!

Oh wrong desktop... Kde says "kstartupconfig4 does not exist or fails. The error code is 3. Check"

[eaterjolly]

Re: Kstartupconfig04 or lack there of a start up!!!!

Ob wrong desctop ... Kde say kstartupconfig4failed or is non existent

consol complain about when loading x or kde

[claydoh]

Re: Kstartupconfig04 or lack there of a start up!!!!

"nautilus could not create the following required folders: /home/eaterjolly/Desktop, /home/eaterjolly/.nautilus" "before running nautilus, please create these folders, or set permissions such that nautilus can create them"

permission problems for your $HOME are what the problem is, most likely

try changing ownership in a terminal:

sudo chown -Rv username/username /home/username

hopefully this fixes it for you.

This can happen when running some gui apps with sudo (instead of kdesudo), or when running a system tool like systemsetting with sudo/kdesudo. Or even something like a power outage (happened to me once).