Ubuntu problem...

[Joeb]

eBhakta Wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> Well, here's the problem... Installed KDE packages in Ubuntu... and
> went
> to reboot (and the system won't boot up).... The error messages are
> quite
> repetitious, so here is a summary...
> 
> =====================================================
> 
> PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 4 of device 0000:00.02.1
> 
> (appears in the boot process)
> 
> =====================================================
> 
> Error setting up inter-process communications for KDE. The message
> returned
> by the system was: Could not read network connection list.
> 
> /home/ebhakta/.DCOPserver_Goloka-Orbiter_0
> 
> Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running!
> 
> OK
> 
> =====================================================
> 
> Will not save configuration. (repeated many times in the boot process,
> with
> the following results...)
> 
> Configuration file... not writable.
> 
> 1) ..."/home/ebhakta/.kde/share/config/kwinrc"
> 
> 2) ..."/home/ebhakta/.kde/share/config/kbuildsycocarc"
> 
> 3) ..."/home/ebhakta/.kde/share/config/ksplashrc"
> 
> 4) ..."/home/ebhakta/.kde/share/config/kwinrc"
> 
> 5) ..."/home/ebhakta/.kde/share/config/kpersonalizerrc"
> 
> (each one of these appearing at different steps in the process)
> 
> Configuration file... not writable.
> 
> ...."/home/ebhakta/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals"
> 
> (appears with each one of the above)
> 
> Please contact you system administrator.
> 
> OK
> 
> =====================================================
> 
> The following installation problem was detected while trying to start
> KDE:
> 
> No write access to '/home/ebhakta/.ICEauthority'
> 
> KDE is unable to start.
> 
> OK
> 
> =====================================================
> 
> Xmessage: Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation. OK
> 
> =====================================================
> 
> End (the system just seems to keep looping... and won't enter Ubuntu
> Gnome
> or KDE...) :(
> 
> Help!!!
> 
> Regards,
> Bhaktavatsala Dasa (Vatsala)
> 
> @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~vatsalaji - Hare Krishna!
> 
> 
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I bet you tried to run k3b under KDE as sudo.  But maybe not. 
Regardless, what has happened is that the .ICEauthority file under your
home directory is no longer owned by you.  To fix it, log in on the
command line (you can press ctrl-alt-F2 to get to a login prompt). 
Then issue the command "sudo chown userid .ICEauthority"  You might
also have to issue a  "sudo chgrp userid .ICEauthority" but I'm not
sure about that.  (in both cases substitute your user id for the userid
in the commands)

Anyway after resetting the owner back to yourself, type exit to logout
and hit ctral-alt-f7 to get back to your gdm login screen.  You should
be able to login to KDE now.

Joeb


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Joeb