From kde  Mon Nov 19 09:53:23 2007
From: Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer () gmx ! at>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:53:23 +0000
To: kde
Subject: Re: [kde] Unable to start up KDE due to hanging with a black
Message-Id: <200711191053.29437.kevin.krammer () gmx ! at>
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On Monday 19 November 2007, Phillip Pi wrote:

> I assume like this:
> # We only check for 255 which means that the ksmserver process could not =
be
> # started, any problems thereafter, e.g. ksmserver failing to initialize,
> # will remain undetected.
> test -n "$KDEWM" && KDEWM=3D"--windowmanager $KDEWM"
> kwrapper ksmserver $KDEWM
> echo $DISPLAY > /home/ant/download/display.txt
> if test $? -eq 255; then
>   # Startup error
>   echo 'startkde: Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation.'
> 1>&2
>   xmessage -geometry 500x100 "Could not start ksmserver. Check your
> installation."
> fi
>
> If so, then:
> $ more /home/ant/download/display.txt
>
> :0

OK, good. Just checking if it is a non-tcp connection, i.e. not=20
containing "localhost" or $HOSTNAME

> > Another thing you could try is to start just xterm and then run startkde
> > inside it, i.e.
> >
> > startx /usr/bin/xterm
> >
> > Should start the X server and just xterm as the only window. You'll need
> > to move the mouse cursor over the window to allow keyboard input.
>
> That worked, but no cigar. I see KDE's splash screen loader and it
> blinks at the first icon (wheel) with "Setting up interprocess
> communication" like I did in Gnome. After a minute or two, this splash
> screen goes away and xterm is still showing "startkde: Starting up..."

At that stage it tries to start the DCOP server and a couple of other thing=
s.
Though starting a KDE application from outside KDE also does this and that=
=20
seems to work.

> Here's a strace from second attempt inside xterm:
> http://pastebin.ca/783688 (looks the same). Does startkde have a debug
> feature?

You can run kdebugdialog and see if the entry for "ksmserver" is checked.
Should output to .xsession-errors or the xterm, depending on how you start =
it.

> I am going to bed now, so I will try more later from your ideas. :)

Lets hope we can crack it :)

Cheers,
Kevin

=2D-=20
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring

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