KDEInit can't launch '/home/...'

[Andy Goss]

On Friday 18 May 2007 02:54, Wolfgang Schuch <w.schuch at ing-acotec.es> wrote:

> I'm working with kubuntu 7.04.
> Up to now it was working fine.
> 
> Suddenly I can't go to my KDE files. When I click on them, there come up 
> messages like "KDEInit can't  launch '/home' or can't launch '/home/...' or 
> can't launch '/media/disk/'. When I click on the trash on the task bar, the 
> message says: "incorrect URL trash".
> 
> What still is working fine is the Konqueror for internet and the Kontakt with 
> the KMail.
> 
> I tried to start in the recovery mode, but when the moment came to introduce 
> the root password, it answers "command not found".
> 
> Could somebody tell me please, what I should do now?

It may be that your Konqueror profile for file management has become corrupted. Under the Settings menu you should find "Load view profile", see if you have something like Midnight Commander and try that. Does it work as root? "kdesu konqueror" from the "run command" menu entry. You should also be able to use the web browser profile to access the file system.
Try navigating your file system using the File System Browser in Kate, if that works then it looks like a Konqueror problem.
Tell us how you get on and someone may spot the problem. It is best to give actual error messages, not "like", as they often give a clue as to what is wrong.