Fwd: Re: Kubuntu KDE4.1 - Dolphin won't start

[O. Sinclair]

Karl Vanwynsberghe wrote:
> Here is the result...
> 
> karl at laptop:~$ ps aux | grep "d*lph*"
> root         7  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   08:59   0:00 [khelper]
> avahi     4946  0.0  0.0   2760   468 ?        Ss   08:59   0:00 avahi-daemon: 
> chroot helper
> karl      8447  0.0  0.1   3004   756 pts/1    R+   09:39   0:00 grep d*lph*
> 
> So Dolphin isn't running currently.
> 
> Other idea's?
> 
> Karl,
> 
> 
> ----------  Doorgestuurd bericht  ----------
> 
> Onderwerp: Re: Kubuntu KDE4.1 - Dolphin won't start
> Datum: maandag 4 augustus 2008
> Van: B <tptagth at yahoo.com>
> Aan: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> 
> Hello Karl,
> 
> If Dolphin has worked in the past then it may be running currently in a 
> problem state as a process in the background.  
> 
> So, see if Dolphin is running and then kill any running Dolphin processes and 
> then try starting Dolphin afterwards.
> 
> The Dolphin process in KDE 3.5 is named "d3lphin".  I don't know what it's 
> called in KDE4.  I used the wildcard below because I don't know the name of 
> the Dolphin process in KDE 4.  
> 
> Try locating any currently running Dolphin process and kill them:
> $ ps aux | grep "d*lph*"
> $ kill [PID] 
> 
> Replace [PID] with the process ID returned via your "ps" output.  If you find 
> any running Dolphin processes kill them.  Then try starting Dolphin again.
> 
> If the above fixes the problem consider using htop which is a nicer way to 
> play with top and kill processes.  htop is available in package repos.
> 
> For information on running ps and kill see their man pages:
> $ man ps
> $ man kill
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 8/4/08, Karl Vanwynsberghe <karl.vanwynsberghe at telenet.be> wrote:
> 
>> From: Karl Vanwynsberghe <karl.vanwynsberghe at telenet.be>
>> Subject: Kubuntu KDE4.1 - Dolphin won't start
>> To: "Kubuntu Discussions" <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Monday, August 4, 2008, 3:08 PM
>> Hi,
>>
>> After trying to start Dolphin, i get an bouncing icon for
>> about 30s and then 
>> nothing anymore.
>>
>> What could be the cause for not booting up the program?
>>
>> (thx for the help....)
Try starting it using either ALT+F2 and then type "dolphin" in the 
"command window" or you can use Katapult - hold down ALT and then SPACE, 
type "do" and hit enter IF Dolphin shows up, if not continue typing 
UNTIL it shows up. If it does not something is wacko. I would then 
remove and reinstall. Or use Konqueror....

Sinclair