Problems with KDE4 under Kubuntu Hardy

[Derek Broughton]

Rosalind Mitchell wrote:

>> >> Could not connect to D-Bus server:
>> >> org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoServer: Failed to connect to socket
>> >> /tmp/dbus-lYPyTxiGsa: Connection refused
>>
>> I'm not sure how signifant this is - the Dbus error seems to be _after_
>> kde
>> has already quit, but I'd want to look at that first, anyway.  It stands
>> to
>> reason that you'd have trouble if dbus isn't working.  Check the
>> permissions on that socket first.  

And they were?

What do you have in /etc/dbus-1/system.conf?

> None of these would really explain why the live CD won't start, except
> perhaps if there's something odd about my hardware, but although my box is
> a custom build I don't think there's anything unusual about it.

That's another "hmmm".  I usually figure I can break my system, but it will
always start with a LiveCD.  But I'd tend to agree that that usually shows
some kind of hardware that the LiveCD doesn't recognize - which would be
pretty odd since the older software does...
> 
> I have also installed KDE 4.04 from the backports.  Needless to say, this
> didn't work for me either!
> 
> At this rate, when Impudent Ibex (or whatever it's called) comes out, I
> shall have to resort to the wretched GNOME.  Aaaaargh!

Really, I doubt it could be that bad...
-- 
derek