kde4 unable to start

[starbetrayer]

Guys,

I solicit your help. i am stuck.
I decided to install kde4.

So i did

 sudo apt-get install kde4-core

Everything went fine at the installation (no error)

I did a ctrl alt backspace to restart x and log on in kde4.
What is happening is that i log in (works), then i see the splash screen with my actual background. All the icons in the splash screen go on, and then nothing appears, i don't see the desktop of kde4.

On the other hand, kde 3.5.9 is working all right.
In my K menu, i see that the kde4 programs have been installed.

I tried to delete the .kde4, and then relog to kde4, it is not working either, i am still stuck and nothing appears after the splash screen.

That's a shame cause i can't use kde4.

Any guess or help ?

Thanks in advance

Starbe

[firephoto]

Re: kde4 unable to start

Delete /etc/kde4rc if it's there. Bad update along the way left that file and some non working entries.

[starbetrayer]

Re: kde4 unable to start

i don't have the folder /etc/kde4rc nor a folder /etc/kde4

On the contrary, i have a folder /etc/kde3

[firephoto]

Re: kde4 unable to start

It's a file but if you don't have it then it's something else.

Look at your ~/.xsession-errors file and see if anything towards the end gives a clue and post it here if it seems relevant.

Make sure you're up to date too, there's some kde4 updates today.

[disturbedite]

Re: kde4 unable to start

Delete /etc/kde4rc if it's there. Bad update along the way left that file and some non working entries.

thanks for that. i've been having this problem for a while. i've deleted the file and will try starting kde 4.0.1 again.

[starbetrayer]

Re: kde4 unable to start

i search in the ~/.xsession-errors

and i found

kdecore (KProcess): WARNING: _attachPty() 15
Could not find 'restricted-manager-kde' executable.
kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel = 0x80dec50 ): KAccel object already contains an action name "file_quit"
kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel = 0x80dec50 ): KAccel object already contains an action name "file_quit"
kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel = 0x815aba8 ): KAccel object already contains an action name "play_pause"
QLayout "unnamed" added to QVBox "unnamed", which already has a layout
kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel = 0x815aba8 ): KAccel object already contains an action name "play_pause"
QLayout: Adding KToolBar/mainToolBar (child of QVBox/unnamed) to layout for PlaylistWindow/PlaylistWindow
QObject::connect: Incompatible sender/receiver arguments
	StarManager::ratingsColorsChanged() --> ContextBrowser::ratingOrScoreOrLabelsChanged(const QString&)
No battery found.

I will search more to resolve this damn bug

[disturbedite]

Re: kde4 unable to start

deleting /etc/kde4rc worked for me. thanks.

[starbetrayer]

Re: kde4 unable to start

i am still stuck but i am wondering somethin.
guys do you have a .xinitrc in your /home ?

[firephoto]

Re: kde4 unable to start

No ~/.xinitrc here.

[starbetrayer]

Re: kde4 unable to start

i am so stupid

i didn't see the file kde4rc at first damn >

i deleted it and it is working now

here is a link for people who have a similar problem to mine

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...de/+bug/197879