On Monday 03 January 2005 01:35 pm, Fred Wright wrote:


try this

my .DCOPserver_linux__:0 is a soft link to another file 
called .DCOPserver_linux__0

I am not sure about rm'ing a file with a : in it.
but you can do this at the terminal:

ls -ial
(this gets you the inode in the first column)

find . -inum xxxx -exec rm {} \;
(where xxxx is the inode number you got in first column of ls)

Jerry



> At 12:37 AM 1/3/05, you wrote:
> >Am 02. Jan, 2005 schwätzte Fred Wright so:
> > > Suse 9, KDE, User Session
> > >
> > > My system hung solid (no intervention session possible) running k3b
> > > requiring a system reset to get back in (I know, bad thing to do). 
> > > After restart, the user session was not restartable because
> > > .DCOPserver_linux__0 gets "permission denied" during X startup/login. 
> > > You can login Mode 3 but
> >
> >Look for KDE related directories under /tmp and /var/tmp.
> >
> >$ ls -l /tmp/kde-lufthanspE7xzr/*
> >lrwxrwxrwx  1 lufthans lufthans 40 2004-12-27 23:12
> >/tmp/kde-lufthanspE7xzr/ksycoca ->
> >/var/tmp/kdecache-lufthansrqSqZt/ksycoca
> >
> >Login to a terminal console while not logged in via X and remove those
> >dirs.
> >
> ><ctrl>-<alt>-<f1> to get to a console from X. <alt>-<f7> to get back to X.
> >
> >ciao,
> >
> >der.hans
> >
> > > you cannot even "ls" the user's Home directory as user without getting
> > > the "permission denied" message.  Root can issue the "ls" and see the
> > > .DCOP....... file by name but cannot "rm" it or copy over it with last
> > > week's backup copy.  I can see the permissions in the backup copy of
> > > the file to see what they should be in the "active" version.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions of how to change the "active" file permissions or
> > > overwrite with the backup copy?
> >
> >--
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> I can remove/rename the entries in /tmp and /var/tmp but to no avail.
>
> Error setting up interprocess communications for KDE
> Could not read network connection list
> /home/fredw/.DCOPserver_linux__0
> Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running
>
> Using Knoppix, I get permission failures when I attempt "ls -a" or "ls -l"
> in my home directory.
> I will try to get a copy of the "startx" startup log entries as they seem
> to have more detailed information about the failure.

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