Process Protocol Error?

[Derek Broughton]

G. A. Gallup wrote:

> Greetings,
>     My Kubuntu 8.03 produces the following errors at KDE start up.
> Two small windows, each with the title "KDE: Desktop", an error
> message, and otherwise only an "OK" button. The first has the error
> message,
>    "The process for file protocol has died unexpectedly."
> After clicking on "OK" the second follows with the message,
>    "The process for media protocol has died unexpectedly."
> This is a new phenomenon, starting recently after several months
> running successfully.  Now no icons appear on the Desktop.  Has anyone
> else seen this problem and solved it?  Thanks

Can't quite remember the circumstances, but I have seen that sort of thing
when KDE starts up a saved session where some of the saved apps can't be
restarted properly.  iirc, it might have had something to do with having
had something running under kdesudo at shutdown.
-- 
derek