Login problem: "cannot start kdeinit..."

[Delphi]

Hi!

Today when I tried to log on to my laptop I encountered the following error:

"Cannot start kdeinit. Check your installation"

I Could log on in failsafe mode, but in failsafe mode I could only access a Konsole-window. When I tried to start kdeinit from the konsole, I got the following output:

root@delphi-laptop:~# startkde
xsetroot:  unable to open display ''
xset:  unable to open display ""
xsetroot:  unable to open display ''
startkde: Starting up...
ksplash: cannot connect to X server
xprop:  unable to open display ''
usage:  xprop [-options ...] [[format [dformat]] atom] ...

where options include:
    -grammar                       print out full grammar for command line
    -display host:dpy              the X server to contact
    -id id                         resource id of window to examine
    -name name                     name of window to examine
    -font name                     name of font to examine
    -remove propname               remove a property
    -set propname value            set a property to a given value
    -root                          examine the root window
    -len n                         display at most n bytes of any property
    -notype                        do not display the type field
    -fs filename                   where to look for formats for properties
    -frame                         don't ignore window manager frames
    -f propname format [dformat]   formats to use for property of given name
    -spy                           examine window properties forever

/usr/bin/startkde: line 335: start_kdeinit: command not found
startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation.
Error: Can't open display:
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
ksmserver: cannot connect to X server
ERROR: Couldn't attach to DCOP server!
startkde: Shutting down...
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
Error: Can't contact kdeinit!
startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
xprop:  unable to open display ''
usage:  xprop [-options ...] [[format [dformat]] atom] ...

[options and flags cut out by me]

startkde: Done.
root@delphi-laptop:~#


The (kind of obvious) question now is what is wrong, and what can I do to fix it?

I have already googled for answers, but I found nothing that seemed to deal with this exact problem. One post I found suggested a permission problem, so that might be it.

I apologize for any bad English, I am not a native English speaker. Also, I'm kind of a linux noob, so it woud be really nice is any answers could be kept a bit simple

Thanks in advance

- Delphi

[Delphi]

Re: Login problem: "cannot start kdeinit..."

Nevermind, I sort of fixed it by reinstalling Kubuntu. However, this is not the best solution to the problem, so if anyone has a solution that doesn't require a reinstall, it would be really nice if you could post it somewhere, so I or someone else kan find it the next time we need it...

- Delphi