kstartupconfig problems - PLEASE help

[Mikeyboy]

I've been using Kubuntu Dapper for a while and finally plucked up the courage to try mounting my Win xp partition. Somewhere in the process of fiddling around I clicked "enable at startup". Now when I try to boot Kubuntu all goes well until after I enter my password when I get a message "cannot start kstartupconfig please check installation". I know it's a problem I caused myself - but how do I put it right?

[sky]

Re: kstartupconfig problems - PLEASE help

Hi,

In your home directory you should have this file :
~/.kde/share/config/startupconfig
and for information my content is the following :
#! /bin/sh
# kcminputrc Mouse cursorTheme ''
kcminputrc_mouse_cursortheme="kubuntu"
# kcminputrc Mouse cursorSize ''
kcminputrc_mouse_cursorsize=""
# kpersonalizerrc General FirstLogin true
kpersonalizerrc_general_firstlogin="true"
# ksplashrc KSplash Theme Default
ksplashrc_ksplash_theme="Porsche"
# kcmrandrrc Display ApplyOnStartup false
kcmrandrrc_display_applyonstartup="false"
# kcmrandrrc [Screen0]
# kcmrandrrc [Screen1]
# kcmrandrrc [Screen2]
# kcmrandrrc [Screen3]
# kcmfonts General forceFontDPI 0
kcmfonts_general_forcefontdpi="0"

So, if you have another user, use it and edit this file with sudo or kdesu kate...
If not, you should go into console mode before to enter in your account, then edit the file to look the same.
In case you don't know how to do :
on login screen, press <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<F1>
login
type vi ~/.kde/share/config/startupconfig
Check all lines if there's differences, modify it, to save type <Esc> <:> <x> (separately)

If it's not working, I would use the hard mode and remove files which seems to be for config :
rm ~/.kde/share/config/startupconfig*

Hope it helps